ஈராக்கில் சுன்னி முஸ்லீம்கள் ஷியாக்களை தாக்கியதில் 32 பேர் படுகொலை

பாக்தாதுக்கு வடகிழக்கில் ஷியா பிரிவினர் வாழும் பகுதியில் கார் பாம் வெடித்ததில் 41 பேர் படுகொலை செய்யப்பட்டனர்.

நன்றி சைனா டெய்லி

41 Iraqis killed in new violence
(AP)
Updated: 2007-05-16 21:10

BAGHDAD - A parked car bomb exploded near a market in a Shiite enclave northeast of the capital, killing at least 32 people and wounding 50, police said Wednesday. Hospital officials and wounded victims said chlorine gas may have been used in the attack, but police denied that.



Injured Iraqis from the village of Abu Saydah in the volatile Diyala province lie at hospital beds in in Sadr City Shiite district in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, May 16, 2007. A parked car bomb exploded near a market in a Shiite enclave northeast of the capital, killing at least 32 people and wounding 50, police said. [AP]

Military officials have said that since the security crackdown in the Baghdad region began more than 12 weeks ago, Sunni insurgents have hit back with powerful, and extremely deadly, car bombs that often cause more casualties than the types of attacks used previously.

The car bomb attack occurred about 7:45 p.m. Tuesday in the village of Abu Saydah in the volatile Diyala province, local police said, giving the casualty toll. The wounded were taken to hospitals in nearby Muqdadiyah and the main Shiite district of Sadr City in Baghdad.

Hospital officials and victims said it appeared chlorine gas was used in the attack as many of the wounded were having difficulty breathing and had their sight affected. But officials at the provincial police's joint coordination center denied that toxic gas was involved.

One man had a white cloth across his eyes as he lay in his hospital bed; others were bandaged from head to toe.

Abu Saydah is a mainly Shiite village about 25 miles northeast of the Sunni insurgent stronghold of Baqouba, the capital of the province that has seen a recent spike in violence largely blamed on militants who fled Baghdad ahead of a US-Iraqi security crackdown.

Kadim Hussein, a 45-year-old farmer who was taken to the Imam Ali hospital in Sadr City, claimed the hospitals in Baqouba would only accept Sunnis.

"My eyes became puffy due the chlorine gas that was packed in the car bomb," he said, adding he also had difficulties breathing. "Also I had many pieces of shrapnel in my chest and right shoulder."

A hospital official said the facility had received three bodies and 11 of those wounded who all showed symptoms of chlorine poisoning. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak to the media.

Diyala province - with its mixed Shiite and Sunni Muslim population - has been the scene of frequent violence of a sectarian nature as well as attacks by anti-US insurgents.

The clashes between the Mahdi Army followers and police began about 2 a.m. in the city center. Both sides were still on the streets by sunrise, and Nasiriyah's shops remained closed, said a police spokesman in Dhi Qar, the province where Nasiriyah is located.

He said six civilians, two Mahdi Army commandos and one policeman were killed and 75 Iraqis were wounded in the fighting in Nasiriyah, 200 miles southeast of Baghdad.

The officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of concern for his own safety, said the fighting began after the two militia members were arrested for allegedly firing mortar rounds in the area, and their comrades threatened to attack police if the suspects weren't released.

Fighting often erupts between supporters of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army and members of the rival Shiite Fadhila in mostly Shiite southern Iraq.

ஈராக் ஷியா பெரும்பான்மை நாடு என்பது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது. ஆனால் பாக்தாதிலும் அதன் சுற்றுப்புறங்களிலும் சதாம் உசேனின் பிரிவான சுன்னிகள் மையம் கொண்டிருக்கிறார்கள். இப்போது இவர்கள் அல்குவேதா ஆதரவாளர்களாக ஆகி ஷியா பிரிவினரை தாக்கி வருகிறார்கள்.

ஷியா பிரிவினருக்குள்ளேயே போட்டியாக ஒருவரை ஒருவர் வெட்டிச்சாய்ப்பதும் நடந்துகொண்டிருக்கிறது.

இப்படிப்பட்ட வன்முறை வழியை பின்பற்றி செல்பவர்கள் சற்றெ நின்று சிந்தித்து தங்களுக்கும் தங்கள் சந்ததியினருக்கும் அமைதி வழியான இறைவழியை தேர்ந்தெடுக்கவேண்டும்