An Shiite Mulsim woman holds two candles during prayers at a shrine in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala, in the early hours of August 7, 2009 (MOHAMMED SAWAF/AFP/Getty Images)
A string of bombings in northern Iraq and Baghdad has killed over 100 people in the last several days. The attacks are raising fears that extremists are engaged in a sustained attempt to spark ethnic and sectarian warfare. Rod Nordland, New York Times foreign correspondent in Baghdad, reports in today's paper that Shiites are actively organizing to resist being drawn into the violence.
For more, read Rod Nordland's article, Shiites in Iraq Show Restraint as Sunnis Keep Attacking, in the New York Times.
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