Shi'ite mayor of main Baghdad suburb killed

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L13350768.htm

BAGHDAD, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Gunmen have killed the Shi'ite Muslim mayor of a Baghdad suburb where violence against Shi'ites and Christians has been rising, witnesses said on Saturday.

Nouri al-Rubaie was shot on Friday while he was walking with his family in a busy street of the southern Abu Dashir district, part of the religiously mixed Dora region of Baghdad, they said.

Rubaie was the successor of a Sh'ite mayor who was also killed earlier this year. snip

Security officials say "fanatic" members of purist Sunni Muslim groups, known as Salafis, are behind the killings in Dora. The groups, whose influence has been rising after Saddam Hussein was toppled last year, deny involvement.

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[maddezmom]

1. all the cities in Iraq are spinning out of control

Baghdad airport closed indefinitely -PM office
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/NUE331201.htm

[Komrade _azul]

2. The Shi'ite has really hit the fan.