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Bombs in shiite areas kill 72 after saddam hanged { November 2006 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://today.reuters.com/News/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=PAR056291&WTmodLoc=IntNewsHome_C4_Crises-8 http://today.reuters.com/News/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=PAR056291&WTmodLoc=IntNewsHome_C4_Crises-8 Bombs in Shi'ite areas kill 72 after Saddam hanged Sat 30 Dec 2006 10:52 AM ET (Updates toll, adds Kufa bombing, background) BAGHDAD, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Four car bombs targeting Shi'ites in Baghdad and a town south of the capital killed more than 70 people on Saturday, hours after Saddam Hussein was hanged amid fears of revenge by his Sunni Arab supporters. In Baghdad, three car bombs exploded in quick succession in the mainly Shi'ite neighbourhood of Hurriya, killing 36 people and wounding 77, an Interior Ministry source said. Police in Kufa, near the Shi'ite holy city of Najaf, said 36 people were killed and 58 wounded by the car bomb at a market packed with shoppers ahead of the week-long Eid al-Adha holiday. They said a mob killed a man they accused of planting the bomb in the town about 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad. The attacks came the same day as Saddam was hanged for crimes against humanity, prompting fears of a violent backlash by his supporters among his fellow Sunni Arabs. While the attacks may have been a swift response to the execution, such bombings are common in a country where at least 100 people die on average every day in bombings, mortar attacks and death squad killings. Though Saturday's bombings may have been planned independently of the execution. They were typical of the cycle of sectarian violence that is driving both Shi'ites, Sunni Arabs and others from their homes, increasingly dividing Baghdad and surrounding areas on sectarian grounds. Bombs frequently provoke reprisals from militias, whose practice is to kidnap, torture and shoot their victims, leaving the bodies dumped in places where they will intimidate. A formerly mixed neighbourhood, Hurriya, where the three car bombs struck on Saturday, has become increasingly dominated by Shi'ites as Sunni Arabs have been driven out by threats and attacks. Saddam's execution was welcome by Shi'ites and Kurds, who were oppressed under his rule, but many in the once dominant Sunni Arab minority were angry and all sides feared it could spark even more violence. © Reuters 2007. All Rights Reserved.

15 killed in sunni neighborhood { February 4 2007 } 45 killed in 6 iraq bombings 6 helicopters downed in 3 weeks { January 2007 } 75 shiites killed in crowded marketplace { January 22 2007 } Apache helicopter shot down in iraq { February 2 2007 } Baghdad bombs kill 178 { March 2007 } Baghdad book market bombing kills 26 Blast kill 65 at baghdad university { January 16 2007 } Bombs in shiite areas kill 72 after saddam hanged { November 2006 } Bombs kill 110 iraqi shiites during religious ritual { March 6 2007 } Commander in iraq says insurgents intensifying attacks Iraq suicide bomber kills 60 in market { February 2 2007 } Iraqi government new security measures { February 14 2007 } Mahdi army to blend into civilian life { January 2007 } Mahdi_Army_militia [jpg] Markets with sunnis and shiites bombed constantly { March 1 2007 } Shiite market attack second deadliest since invasion Shiite worshippers killed by bomb { December 2007 } Suicide bombers kill 125 in shiite markets { March 30 2007 } US cracks down on sadr mahdi army { January 23 2007 } US installs biometric security scans in baghdad { April 23 2007 } Violence in 2007 might cause 1m iraqis to flee homes Files Listed: 22

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