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They had apparently come from cities in southern Iraq, which is predominantly Shia.
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The Syrian military had previously dropped food into both villages, which are predominantly Shia.
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It was at least the fourth to hit the predominantly Shia district of Karrada this week.
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Militias continue to occupy the streets in shopping districts in the predominantly Shia eastern suburbs of Baghdad.
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His spokesman said about 400 of the Speicher massacre victims were from Dhiqar province, which is predominantly Shia.
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Iran has a predominantly Shia population.
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The attack happened in the predominantly Shia town of Khan Bani Saad, about 35km north of the capital Baghdad.
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The bomb blew up near the main market in the predominantly Shia neighbourhood of al-Hurriya in northwestern Baghdad, police said.
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The south of Iraq is predominantly Shia, while the security forces are drawn overwhelmingly from the Sunni Muslim centre and north.
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The deadliest assault took place in the predominantly Shia Shaab neighbourhood of northern Baghdad, where two car bombs killed eight people.
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At least six people were killed when two bombs exploded at a popular restaurant in a predominantly Shia neighborhood of Baghdad today.
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The deadliest saw at least eight die in a car bombing targeting an army checkpoint in the predominantly Shia area of Shaab.
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The army said two cars packed with explosives had been used in the rush hour attack in the predominantly Shia southern suburbs of Beirut.
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A car bomb explosion near a market in a predominantly Shia area of southern Baghdad today killed nine people and wounded 27, security sources said.
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Car bombs exploded in several predominantly Shia Muslim neighbourhoods of Baghdad today, killing at least 54 people and wounding dozens, police and medical sources said.