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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: Duncan Baird who started this subject3/2/2004 6:59:00 AM
From: Road Walker  Read Replies (1) of 1574585
 
Explosions Kill 81 in Two Iraqi Cities
18 minutes ago

By TAREK AL-ISSAWI and HAMZA HENDAWI, Associated Press Writers

KARBALA, Iraq - A series of coordinated blasts struck Shiite Muslim shrines here and in Baghdad on Tuesday as thousands of pilgrims converged on the climactic day of the sect's most important religious festival. At least 81 people were killed and dozens wounded, hospital and police officials said.

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· Explosions Kill 81 in Two Iraqi Cities
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There were varying reports on the cause of the blasts. Stunned witnesses blamed suicide bombers or planted explosives. But a U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad and an Iraqi police spokesman in Karbala reported that mortars were fired at the shrines.
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