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Hezbollah condemns Karbala blasts

Arab World Materials 26 September 2011 16:02 (UTC +04:00)
Hezbollah condemns Karbala blasts
Hezbollah condemns Karbala blasts

Azerbaijan , Baku, Sept. 26 / Trend A. Isgandarov/

The pro-Iranian Lebanese Shiite movement condemned Monday the blasts that hit the Iraqi shrine of Karbala a day earlier describing it as an attack that serves US interests in the region.

"This crime is in the interest of the American occupation and its collaborators who are deploying efforts to stay in Iraq," a statement by the group said,dpa reported.

"The terrorist hands have not stopped targeting the peaceful people of Iraq, killing their children and women and destroying their property in various regions especially holy regions such as the city of Karbala," it added.

At least 17 people were killed and 70 wounded after four blasts rocked a government building in the Iraqi city of Karbala on Sept. 25.

A car bomb detonated outside the office where national ID cards and passports are issued. Three further explosions went off as emergency services arrived at the site.

Karbala - home to one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam - has witnessed much sectarian violence in the past.

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