Attacks by Iraqi cult leave 46 dead
Violence left at least 46 people dead in two major southern cities in Iraq when members of a messianic cult attacked police and fellow Shiite worshippers.
Iraqi authorities said at least 36 people were reported killed in Basra, Iraq’s second largest city, and at least 10 in Nasiriyah, where witnesses said US-led coalition jet fighters and helicopter gunships targeted a police station seized by cult gunmen.
