Assault on Iraq funeral, other attacks kill 96 | World news | The Guardian

Assault on Iraq funeral, other attacks kill 96 | World news | The Guardian: "Two suicide bombers, one in an explosives-laden car and the other on foot, struck a cluster of funeral tents packed with mourning families in a Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad, the deadliest in a string of attacks around Iraq that killed at least 96 people on Saturday.

The assaults, the latest in a months-long surge of violence, are a chilling reminder of insurgents' determination to re-ignite sectarian conflict more than a decade after the U.S.-led invasion.

Thousands of Iraqis have been killed in violent attacks in recent months — a level of bloodshed not seen since Iraq pulled back from the brink of civil war in 2008 — despite appeals for restraint from Shiite and Sunni political leaders.

The attack on the funeral was one of the largest single terrorist assaults on civilians in Iraq in recent years. It happened shortly before sunset in the densely populated Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City in northeastern Baghdad.

Police said at least 72 people were killed and more than 120 were wounded in that attack."

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The Underreported Civil War-Iraq funeral bomb kills 51

BBC News - Iraq funeral bomb kills 51: "Fifty-one people have been killed at a funeral in the mainly Shia Sadr City district of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

Police officials said the attack involved a suicide bomber who detonated a car bomb near a tent where mourners were gathered.

The officials said that women and children were among the dead and at least 70 people had been injured."

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BBC News - MPs 'right to reject Syria military action' - BBC poll

BBC News - MPs 'right to reject Syria military action' - BBC poll: "Almost three-quarters of people believe MPs were right to reject UK military action in Syria, a poll commissioned by the BBC suggests.

The poll also suggested 72% did not think the move would damage the UK-US relationship - and two-thirds said they would not care if it did."

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