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Shiite attacks on Sunni mosques, protest in Sadr-City

(23 Feb 2006) Sadr City 1. Wide shot demonstrators chanting pro-Islam slogans 2. Various of demonstrators brandishing guns and chanting Bayaa neighbourhood, Baghdad 3. Exterior of al-Kubeisi Sunni mosque 4. Medium of the damaged mosque 5. Sign reading ''al-Kubeisi mosque'' 6. Bullet impact on the facade of the mosque 7. Close up of impact on facade 8. Two shots of shattered glass in courtyard 9. Damaged interior with shattered glass on the floor Abu Dishir neighbourhood, Baghdad 10. Sign reading: "Yassin mosque" 11. Exterior of damaged Yassin Sunni mosque 12. Smashed window 13. Damaged dome (filmed from inside) 14. Debris inside mosque 15. Interior of mosque with burnt goods and smoke still smouldering 16. Close up of burnt item 17. Young man picking up burnt out holy books 18. Wide of damage inside mosque Baghdad 15. Various street scenes 16. People looking at newspapers 17. Various of newspapers on display 18. Headline reading: "Sectarian fire whose fuel are mosques and holy shrines." 19. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Vox pop, Mohammed Ali, Shiite: "The aggression on mosques was caused by elements aiming to plant sedition and sectarian war. But thanks to God, the Clerics have banned such acts." 20. Man reading newspaper 21. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Vox pop, Yassir Fakri, Sunni: "Bombing the holy shrines of Imam Ali al-Hadi and his son is a vicious aggression. The holy shrine does not only concern Shiite or Sunnis. It is for all Muslims. This aggression will generate a sectarian divide." 22. Street scene STORYLINE: Tension continued to escalate in Iraq on Thursday as the bodies of 31 men were found dumped at eight sites, most of them in predominantly Shiite parts of Baghdad, police said. The grisly finds come amid reprisal attacks for the bombing on Wednesday of a revered Shiite shrine in Samarra and a wave of street demonstrations. It was not immediately clear whether the killings were linked to that attack. Shiite protesters attacked a large number of Sunni mosques across Iraq on Wednesday. By Thursday morning, as thousands of angry Shiites marched through Baghdad, police discovered at least 14 bodies in the capital's Shiite slum of Sadr City. The rest were found scattered around other neighbourhoods. The victims were all shot and most had their hands bound, police said. The Iraqi Islamic Party, the country's largest Sunni political group, said at least 90 mosques were attacked, burned or taken over by Shiites. They included more than 50 in Baghdad alone, three of which were destroyed with explosives, the party said. In the Abu Dishir neighbourhood in southern Baghdad, the Yassin mosque had its windows smashed and its dome partly destroyed. Fires could still be seen burning inside on Thursday morning. The al-Kubeisi Sunni mosque was also riddled with bullets. The majority of the attacks on Sunni mosques were in predominantly Shiite areas on the capital's southern outskirts and in Iraq's southern provinces. Armed Shiites attacked the mosques with automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades, holding Sunnis after taking over some of them, the party said. At least seven people, including three clerics, were killed in the attacks, it said. Reading about the attacks on Sunni mosques in the newspapers on Thursday morning, people in Baghdad condemned them, saying they were just aiming at arousing sedition. "The aggression on mosques was caused by elements aiming to plant sedition and sectarian war," said Mohammed Ali, a Shiite. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...