At least 18 Sunni worshipers were killed and 29 others were injured
in Iraq on Friday when two bombs ripped through a mosque, police said.
The incident occurred in Samarra, a largely Sunni city more than 60 miles north of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.
Iraq has seen a sharp
increase in friction between its Shiite and Sunni populations since
April, when security forces raided a site used by Sunni protesters to
demonstrate against the Shiite-led government.
Sunnis have felt
politically marginalized under Shiite President Nuri al-Maliki, whose
government fears it is being targeted by Sunni Islamists involved in
fighting in neighboring Syria.
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