Christians Targeted in Christmas bombings, Jihadists kill 34 in Iraq

Devout Muslims celebrating Christmas with mutual respect and understanding. But it's islamophobia, that's the real problem -- although I suspect that these victims, slaughtered on Christmas, might not agree.

"Christmas bombings kill 34 in Iraq," Reuters, December 25, 2013 (thanks to Ken)

A man looks at the site of bomb attack at a marketplace in Baghdad's Doura District, December 25 2013.

(Reuters) - At least 34 people were killed in three bombings in Christian areas of Baghdad on Wednesday, including a car bomb that exploded as worshippers were leaving a Christmas service, Iraqi police and medics said.

Elsewhere in Iraq, at least 10 people were killed in three attacks that targeted police and Shi'ite pilgrims, police said.

Iraq is enduring its deadliest violence in years, reviving memories of the sectarian bloodshed between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims that killed tens of thousands in 2006-07.