Coalition Forces Struggle to Restore Peace in Time for Iraq's Elections with Shi Ites Still Reeling From Last Week S Bomb Blast, the Threat of Sectarian Unrest Is Growing, Writes Diplomatic Editor Trevor Royle

Sunday Herald › January 12, 2005

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US-led coalition forces are working round the clock to try to contain the violence that is threatening to turn the Iraqi elections into a bloodbath.

The bombing of the Imam Hussein mausoleum in Kerbala on Wednesday gave every sign of an attempt to increase tensions between Iraq's communities.

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Coalition Forces Struggle to Restore Peace in Time for Iraq's Elections with Shi Ites Still Reeling From Last Week S Bomb Blast, the Threat of Sectarian Unrest Is Growing, Writes Diplomatic Editor Trevor Royle

The mosque is one of Shi'ite Islam's holiest shrines, and among those wounded in the blast was Sheikh Abdul Mehdi al-Karbalai, a highly respected cleric and the representative of the Shi'ite spiritual leader Grand Ayatollah ...

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