Lawmakers listen to proceedings during an Iraqi Parliament session held in Baghdad, 2006. The United Nations special representative to Iraq criticised the country's MPs for passing voting legislation that fails to represent the embattled nation's minority communities. (AFP/Pool/File/Wathiq Khuzaie)Bombs Targeting Worshippers Kill 20 In Iraq -- CNN
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Suicide attacks outside two Shiite mosques killed at least 20 people in Baghdad on Thursday as worshippers left early morning prayers marking the end of Ramadan, the Interior Ministry said.
The suicide bomb blasts also wounded 35 people, a ministry official said.
The bombs went off as worshippers left the mosques to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of a month of fasting.
Shiite followers of Ayatolla Ali al-Sistani began their Eid celebrations Thursday. Other Shiites and Sunni Muslims have been celebrating the holiday since Tuesday.
A suicide car bomber carried out the first attack in the Zafaraniya neighborhood in southeastern Baghdad. The attack killed eight people and wounded 10. Among the victims were four Iraqi soldiers who were part of an army patrol providing security for worshippers, the ministry said.
The U.S. military said three Iraqi soldiers and one civilian were killed in the attack.
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