Iraq: Five Shiite Mosques Bombed by Suspected Sunni Extremists

(Iraq) Wave of blasts near mosques kills 29 in Iraq
— “A string of bombings targeted Shiite worshippers in the Baghdad area during Friday prayers, killing at least 29 people in an apparently coordinated attack against followers of an anti-U.S. cleric who were blamed for some of Iraq’s worst sectarian violence.”
— “The blasts shattered a recent calm and underscored warnings that suspected Sunni insurgents would step up efforts to stoke sectarian violence”