Bomb kills at least 11 at Baghdad Shi’ite mosque

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A bomb exploded outside a Shi’ite
mosque in Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 11 people,
police sources said.

Interior Ministry sources said seven people were wounded in
the blast in Baghdad’s Tunis district. The sources said they
were investigating reports the bomb was hidden in a motorcycle
parked near the mosque.

Car bombs killed at least 10 people in Baghdad earlier on
Tuesday in two separate attacks, police said, underlining the
security challenge facing Iraq’s still incomplete government.

U.S. and Iraqi officials say Sunni Arab militants loyal to
the al Qaeda leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, carry out
major bombings against Shi’ite targets in a bid to draw the
majority community into a sectarian civil war.