This news just in from Iraq, a car bomb has exploded outside the Tomb of Ali in the central Iraqi city of Najaf, one of the holiest shrines for Shiite Muslims. Arab satellite TV stations are reporting at least 20 people have been killed and dozens were injured. The bombing occurred during main weekly prayers. It is reported that Iraqi Shi’ite Muslim leader Mohammed Baqer al-Hakim was among those killed. This comes five days after three people were killed in Najaf in an attempted assassination on a leading Shiite Muslim cleric, Grand Ayatollah Seyed Mohammed Said al-Hakim.