Gunmen Attack Mosque in Western Baghdad

02/25/2006

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Gunmen attacked a Sunni mosque in western Baghdad on Saturday despite an unusual daytime curfew aimed at curbing a wave of sectarian violence, police said.

Mosque guards returned fire, said police Lt. Thaer Mahmoud. There was no immediate word on casualties.

Baghdad and three surrounding provinces have been under a daytime curfew for two days as authorities attempt to rein in violence that has killed more than 140 people since an attack Wednesday on a revered Shiite shrine in Samarra. That triggered reprisal attacks against Sunni mosques.