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Sat, 23 Aug 2014 17:14 PM

The attack has come a day after Shi'ite militiamen machinegunned 68 Sunni worshipers at a village mosque in Diyala Province

Sat, 23 Aug 2014 12:28 PM

Iraqi lawmaker Nahida al-Dayani attends a news conference in Baghdad August 23, 2014. Dayani, who is from Diyala, said about 150 worshippers were at Imam Wais mosque when the militiamen arrived following a roadside bombing which had targeted a security vehicle. "It is a new massacre," said Dayani, a Sunni originally from the village where the attack happened. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST HEADSHOT)

Sat, 23 Aug 2014 12:18 PM

Iraqi Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jibouri speaks during a news conference in Baghdad August 23, 2014. Iraq's parliamentary speaker on Saturday launched an investigation into a mosque shooting in a village east of Baghdad which left dozens of Sunni Muslim worshippers dead. Jibouri said the killings were meant to abort the political process and talks to form the new government. Iraqi Shi'ite militiamen machine gunned minority Sunni Muslims in the mosque on Friday, killing 68 just as Baghdad is trying to build a cross-community government to fight Sunni militants whose rise has alarmed Western powers. A morgue official in Diyala province north of Baghdad said 68 people had been killed in the sectarian attack staged on the Muslim day of prayer. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Sat, 23 Aug 2014 12:16 PM

Iraqi Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jibouri speaks during a news conference in Baghdad August 23, 2014. Iraq's parliamentary speaker on Saturday launched an investigation into a mosque shooting in a village east of Baghdad which left dozens of Sunni Muslim worshippers dead. Jibouri said the killings were meant to abort the political process and talks to form the new government. Iraqi Shi'ite militiamen machine gunned minority Sunni Muslims in the mosque on Friday, killing 68 just as Baghdad is trying to build a cross-community government to fight Sunni militants whose rise has alarmed Western powers. A morgue official in Diyala province north of Baghdad said 68 people had been killed in the sectarian attack staged on the Muslim day of prayer. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Sat, 23 Aug 2014 12:14 PM

Iraqi Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jibouri speaks during a news conference in Baghdad August 23, 2014. Iraq's parliamentary speaker on Saturday launched an investigation into a mosque shooting in a village east of Baghdad which left dozens of Sunni Muslim worshippers dead. Jibouri said the killings were meant to abort the political process and talks to form the new government. Iraqi Shi'ite militiamen machine gunned minority Sunni Muslims in the mosque on Friday, killing 68 just as Baghdad is trying to build a cross-community government to fight Sunni militants whose rise has alarmed Western powers. A morgue official in Diyala province north of Baghdad said 68 people had been killed in the sectarian attack staged on the Muslim day of prayer. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST HEADSHOT)

Sat, 23 Aug 2014 12:11 PM

Iraqi Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jibouri speaks during a news conference in Baghdad August 23, 2014. Iraq's parliamentary speaker on Saturday launched an investigation into a mosque shooting in a village east of Baghdad which left dozens of Sunni Muslim worshippers dead. Jibouri said the killings were meant to abort the political process and talks to form the new government. Iraqi Shi'ite militiamen machine gunned minority Sunni Muslims in the mosque on Friday, killing 68 just as Baghdad is trying to build a cross-community government to fight Sunni militants whose rise has alarmed Western powers. A morgue official in Diyala province north of Baghdad said 68 people had been killed in the sectarian attack staged on the Muslim day of prayer. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Sat, 23 Aug 2014 11:04 AM

The attack comes just as Iraq's new PM is seeking Sunni and Kurdish support to take on Islamic State