King Abdullah’s comments on ABC’s This Week came three days after the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City in Baghdad suffered what has been described as the deadliest attack on Iraqis since the war began. For eight hours, a barrage of car bombs, mortars and missiles struck the neighborhood, leaving over 215 Shiites dead. Sunni militants were blamed for the attacks. Hundreds of more Iraqis died over the weekend in reprisal killings. On Friday, members of a Shiite militia reportedly grabbed six Sunnis as they left a mosque and burned them alive. On Sunday, two mortar rounds hit a U.S. military post in eastern Baghdad, setting it on fire.
215 Die in Sadr City in Deadliest Attack of War
HeadlineNov 27, 2006