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More than 27 dead in blasts aimed at Shiite worshippers

(18 Feb 2005) SHOTLIST Southern Dora neighbourhood 1. Wide of al-Khadimain mosque 2. Damaged car 3. Various of men sweeping up debris 4. Exterior mosque 5. Blood on ground 6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Local resident: "Why? What did these young people do to be killed like that?" 7. Local residents at scene 8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Iraqi Army officer: "A man wearing an explosive belt blew himself up near Al Kadhimain in Abu Dasheer. I can describe what happened as a criminal act. We are 100 percent certain that it is not jihad or a national matter." 9. Exterior hospital 10. People at hospital 11. Man with covered body 12. People in street Ali Al Bayaa mosque, Shiite neighbourhood of western Baghdad 13. Exterior Ali Al Bayaa mosque 14. Crowd at mosque 15. Various wide of scene 16. Human remains on ground 17. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) local resident: "Two people came towards here, one threw two hand grenades towards a police man and he was blown up. The other came that way and detonated himself here." Shulah district, northwest of the city centre 18. Soldiers at scene of third explosion 19. Various military at scene 20. Small crater 21. Close up of crater 22. Exterior of coffee shop 23. Various damage to coffee shop 24. Debris at scene 25. Various damaged vehicles STORYLINE Shiites have been targeted during the Ashoura festival for a second year running in Iraq in a series of bloody attacks. Four explosions ripped through Baghdad during Friday prayers and killed at least 27 people and injured dozens, officials said, on the eve of Shiite Islam''s most important holiday. The first blast occurred in Baghdad''s southern Dora neighbourhood near the al-Khadimain mosque and reportedly killed at least 15, according police. A second blast, caused by a suicide bomber, occurred outside the Ali Al Bayaa mosque in a predominantly Shiite neighbourhood of western Baghdad. The injured were taken to Baghdad''s al Yarmuk hospital, where a doctor said at least one person was killed and four were injured. Witnesses said the third explosion happened after a rocket hit a coffee shop in the Shiite Shulah district, killing two. Other reports suggested the third explosion happened near an Ashoura procession in the Shulah district, and that two people were killed and five injured. The fourth attack was on a checkpoint in the northern Baghdad neighbourhood of Adamiyah. At least one police officer was killed an two civilians wounded. The deadly explosions came as Iraq partially sealed its land borders as part of stepped up security on the eve of Ashoura. Iraq''s fledgling government had hoped to avert the bloodshed that marred Ashoura last year, when twin blasts ripped through crowds of worshippers at Shiite Muslim shrines in Baghdad and Karbala and killed at least 181 people. 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...