Mosque bomb death toll rises to 85
The death toll from the massive car bomb that exploded at Iraq’s holiest Shiite shrine rose to 85 today, with 140 injured.
Among the dead was a key Shiite cleric, Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim.
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SUBSCRIBEThe death toll from the massive car bomb that exploded at Iraq’s holiest Shiite shrine rose to 85 today, with 140 injured.
Among the dead was a key Shiite cleric, Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim.
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