UN urges restraint

The UN warned on Sunday against revenge attacks in Iraq after two blasts in a Shiite area of Baghdad a day after a Sunni mosque was bombed.

"Retaliation can only bring more violence and it is the responsibility of all leaders to take strong action not to let violence escalate further," Gyorgy Busztin, the UN secretary general's deputy special representative for Iraq, said in a statement.

Saturday was the United Nations' International Day of Peace, which calls for a "complete global cessation of hostilities for one day."

It was the deadliest day for Iraq this year, topping April 23, when 95 people died in terrorist attacks.

AFP

(China Daily 09/23/2013 page10)