Iraqis Mourn Victims of Mosque Bombing
Friends and relatives of Shiite Muslims killed in a mosque attack carried their coffins through the streets of several Baghdad neighborhoods on Saturday, chanting religious rites and beating their heads and chests. An Iraqi flag covered one of the coffins, a symbol of unity at a time of escalating sectarian strife. “We are the sons of one country, and one religion,” Jabar al-Maliki, an elderly cleric in white robes, said at one of the funeral processions in Sadr City. “These criminal acts are conducted by corrupt, terrorist groups that … have no sense of humanity.” Full Story