Shiites

Bahrain’s Shiites turn to ballots after crackdowns (AP)

October 24th, 2010

An elderly Bahraini man casts his ballot Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010, in Muharraq, Bahrain, for parliamentary and municipal elections. After months of street unrest, voters in the island kingdom of Bahrain were choosing a new parliament Saturday that could challenge the ruling Sunni dynasty's sweeping crackdown on majority Shiites. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)AP - After facing months of crackdowns, Shiite leaders in the tiny island kingdom of Bahrain awaited results Sunday from parliamentary elections they hope will be a show of strength…

Toll from attack on Pakistani Shiites jumps to 65 (AP)

September 4th, 2010

Volunteers help injured people following an explosion during a Shiite procession in Quetta, Pakistan on Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. Police say a blast at a Shiite procession has killed scores of people in southwestern Pakistan in the third deadly attack this week on the country's religious minorities.(AP Photo/Arshad Butt)AP - Pakistani police say the death toll from a suicide attack on a Shiite Muslim procession rose from 43 to 65 overnight as critically wounded people died in hospital.


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Pakistan Taliban say their bomber kills 43 Shiites (AP)

September 3rd, 2010

** ALTERNATIVE CROP OF QUT111** People who were injured by an explosion lie down on road during a Shiite procession in Quetta, Pakistan on Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. Police say a blast at a Shiite procession has killed a score of people in southwestern Pakistan in the third deadly attack this week on the country's religious minorities.(AP Photo/Arshad Butt)AP - A suicide bombing claimed by the Pakistani Taliban killed at least 43 Shiite Muslims at a procession in southwest Pakistan on Friday. The assault sharply drove up the…

Pakistan Shiites mourn those killed in triple bomb (AP)

September 2nd, 2010

Volunteers carry an injured man to an ambulance following explosions during Shiite Muslims procession in Lahore, Pakistan on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. Pakistani police say many people have been killed after three bombs were detonated during a a Shiite Muslim religious procession in the eastern city of Lahore.(AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary)AP - Thousands of Shiite Muslims, thumping their chests and crying, mourned Thursday at funeral prayers for victims of a triple bombing that heaped more tragedy on Pakistan, which is…

Iraq’s Shiites unite to try to form new government (AP)

May 4th, 2010

Men gather in a cafe in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City to watch a televised press conference announcing the formation of a Shiite political alliance, in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, May 4, 2010. Iraq's two largest Shiite electoral blocs announced Tuesday they have formed an alliance that gives them a strong chance of setting up the next government, though they have yet to work out the contentious question of who would become prime minister. The alliance of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's State of Law coalition and the conservative Shiite Iraqi National Alliance leaves them just four parliamentary seats shy of a ruling majority. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Iraq’s two largest Shiite electoral blocs announced Tuesday they have formed an alliance that gives them a strong chance of setting up the next government, though they have…

Shiites bury victims of Baghdad mosque bombings (AP)

April 24th, 2010

Jafar Abbas weeps during a funeral for his son Ahmed, 19, in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, April 24, 2010. Ahmed was killed when a series of bombings mainly targeting Shiite worshippers killed at least 69 people on Friday, officials said, just days after U.S. and Iraqi forces killed the top two al-Qaida leaders in Iraq in what was described as devastating blow to the insurgency. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Weeping and wailing Shiites are holding funerals for victims of bomb attacks that killed dozens at mosques as worshippers prayed.


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Division among Iraq’s Shiites good news for Allawi (AP)

April 2nd, 2010

Supporters of anti-American radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr cast their votes in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 2, 2010. Supporters are turning up for a self-styled referendum on the nation's next prime minister. The voting on Friday and Saturday has no legal authority but it is widely seen as a way for the cleric to back someone other than his archenemy, incumbent Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. A bloc by secular Ayad Allawi won a two-seat lead over al-Maliki's group, but neither has a majority to rule alone. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - When the coalition led by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki narrowly lost at the polls, he raised the prospect that he could pull ahead by gaining the support…

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