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Sectarian Violence in Baghdad Kills at Least 130

By Jamie Tarabay, Michele Norris

Published November 23, 2006 at 1:00 PM PST

This story was published more than 18 years ago.

Iraqi shop owners search for their belongings at the site of a car bomb in Baghdad's impoverished district of Sadr City, Nov. 23, 2006.

A series of bombings and mortar attacks in Baghdad's Sadr City left at least 130 Iraqis dead and more than 200 others wounded.

The day's violence included an assault on Iraq's Health Ministry, which is controlled by supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.

After nightfall, the Iraqi government declared a total curfew in Baghdad until further notice.

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Jamie Tarabay

After reporting from Iraq for two years as NPR's Baghdad Bureau Chief, Jamie Tarabay is now embarking on a two year project reporting on America's Muslims. The coverage will take in the country's approx 6 million Muslims, of different ethnic, socio-economic and cultural backgrounds, and the issues facing their daily lives as Americans.

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