Shia clerics call for restraint
Shia leaders have warned Iraq's Shia population not to seek revenge following car bomb attacks in the cities of Najaf and Karbala, which left more than 60 people dead. The two car bomb blasts are believed to have been carried out by militant Sunni insurgents seeking to spark a civil war between the country's Shia and Sunni communities and to destabilise the run up to elections on 30 January.At least 48 people died and 90 were injured in Najaf on 19 December when a car ...
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