Bombers Kill 65 at Two Mosques in Iraq

[kpete]

Bombers Kill 65 at Two Mosques in Iraq By CHRIS TOMLINSON, Associated Press Writer
19 minutes ago

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Suicide bombers killed 65 worshippers at two Shiite mosques near the Iranian border Friday, while two car bombs targeted a Baghdad hotel housing foreign journalists and killed eight Iraqis.

The suicide attackers targeted the Sheik Murad mosque and the Khanaqin Grand Mosque in Khanaqin, 90 miles northeast of Baghdad, as dozens of people were attending Friday prayers, police said. In addition to the 65 killed, the police command said 75 were wounded in the largely Kurdish town.

At sunset, dozens of people were still searching the rubble of the three-story Khanaqin Grand Mosque. As the men dug, 12-year-old Sarkhel Akram collected copies of the Quran, the Muslim holy book, then she kissed them and put them away.

The suicide attacker walked into the mosque and detonated his explosives in the middle of a group of people, said Ali Abdullah.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051118/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

[chelsea0011]

1. So how many "insurgents" are there? This sounds like civil war to me.