Worse still

Still don't want to call Iraq a civil war?

Three suicide bombers killed at least 70 people in an attack on a Shia mosque in Baghdad today, Iraqi police said.

Around 158 people were wounded in the attack, which was the biggest single suicide bombing since November last year.

Two bombers blew themselves up inside the Buratha mosque, in the north of the capital, and another detonated explosives outside, Reuters reported.

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