Iraqi Sunni cleric’s convoy struck by bomb

People visit a cemetery during the first day of Eid al-Fitr in the Azamiyah area of north Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. The three-day Eid al-Fitr holiday marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)A bomb struck the convoy of a senior Sunni cleric in western Baghdad on Sunday, killing four and critically wounding the anti-extremist Muslim leader, police said.


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