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Article: Fresh violence in Iraq kills 44, threatens to fuel sectarian tensions.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
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- March 12, 2006
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Byline: Aamer Madhani
BAGHDAD, Iraq _ Two car bombs exploded in quick succession in the teeming Shiite slums of Sadr City on Sunday, killing 44 and wounding about 200 in an attack that threatened to further inflame sectarian tensions.
The bombs _ one driven by a suicide attacker _ were detonated at about sundown in the bustling Al-Hay and Al-Ula markets and were followed by a mortar assault at both sites. The coordinated attack was the most brazen assault in Sadr City since the start of the war and comes less than three weeks after the Samarra shrine bombing that set off days of sectarian violence.
Sheik Hassan al-Rubaie, an aide to radical ...