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Sectarian Violence in Iraq
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Roughly 120 people have died in sectarian violence since the bombing Wednesday in Baghdad that destroyed the golden dome of one of Shiite’s most holy shrines. Many worry this could be the spark that ignites an all-out civil war in Iraq.

Sunnis announced Thursday they would withdraw from talks to form a new government in protest of the transitional government’s failure to protect its mosques and offices. Today police and soldiers set up a daytime curfew in Baghdad.

Borzou Daragahi of the Los Angeles Times provides the latest from Baghdad.

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Borzou Daragahi is Baghdad correspondent for the Los Angeles Times.

 

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