تفجير ارهابي يستهدف مجلسا للعزاء في منطقة الشعلة',
سماحة السيد عمار الحكيم اثناء مراسم تشيع شهداء سيدة النجاة: العزاء لكل العراقيين في هذه الفاجعة الاليمة';
بغداد ( إيبا ).. هزّت عدد من الانفجارات مناطق مختلفة من العاصمةبغداد مسقطة العشرات من الضحايا بين قتيل وجريح في يوم دام جديد.
فقد شهدت مدينة الصدر مساء اليوم انفجار عبوة ناسفة في قطاع (5) منطقة الاولى ،ما ادى الى سقوط عدد من الضحايا لم يعرف عددهم.
كما استهدفت سيارة مفخخة مقهى شعبي في منطقة حي العامل جنوب غربي بغداد ، فيما انفجرت سيارة اخرى وسط حي الجهاد غربي بغداد بالقرب من سوق شعبي.
وادت انفجارات مماثلة في مناطق الكاظمية ،وحي العامل ،وحي اور ،والحسينية الى سقوط عدد من الضحايا من المدنيين.
كما شهدت مناطق البياع ،والسيدية ،وبغداد الجديدة ،وحي اور ،والشعب ، وبغداد الجديدة ،والغزالية ،والحسينية ،والشعلة ،والجكوك ،والكريعات ، والبياع ،وابو دشير ،والامين الثانية ،ورحمانية الشعلة بالاضافة الى عبوة ناسفة في الكمالية انفجارات مختلفة ما بين سيارات مفخخة وعبوات ناسفة وقذائف هاون ،حسب مصادر اعلامية متعددة.
ولم يصدر أي بيان رسمي عن الجهات الامنية العراقية حول التفجيرات حتى الان ،فيما اختلفت تقديرات الضحايا الذي اغلبهم من المدنيين كون التفجيرات استهدفت مناطق شعبية .(النهاية)/ز/..
عاجل..انفجار سيارة مفخخة وسط حي الجهاد غربي بغداد
2010-11-02 19:18:34
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بغداد ( إيبا ).. ادى انفجار سيارة مفخخة مساء اليوم وسط حي الجهاد غربي بغداد الى سقوط العديد من الضحايا بين قتيل وجريح.
وقال مصدر في الشرطة ان السيارة انفجرت وسط الشارع الرئيس بحي الجهاد بالقرب من السوق الرئيسب ما ادى الى سقوط العديد من الضحايا بين قتيل وجريح اصابات يعضهم بالغة.
واضاف ادى الانفجار الى الحاق اضرار مادية جسيمة بالمحال وعدد من السيارات القريبة من موقع الانفجار.(النهاية)/ز/.
300 Died in 15 Car Bomb Explosions in Baghdad at this moment.
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FACTBOX-Dozens killed as bombs shake Iraqi capital
02 Nov 2010 22:13:30 GMT
Source: Reuters
BAGHDAD, Nov 3 (Reuters) - A series of bombs rocked mainly Shi'ite areas of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 40 people and wounding dozens in the third major assault in Iraq since Friday. [ID:nLDE6A12DB]
An Interior Ministry source put the toll at 76 killed and 271 injured.
Below is a factbox on the areas which were targeted:
ABU DSHEER - Four people were killed and 10 wounded when a car bomb exploded on a street in Baghdad's southern district of Abu Dsheer.
ABU GHRAIB - Six people were killed and eight wounded when a car bomb exploded in Abu Ghraib, on the western outskirts of Baghdad.
AMIL - Three people were killed and 13 wounded when a car bomb went off in the southwestern Baghdad district.
AMEEN - Four people were killed and 21 wounded when a car bomb exploded in Baghdad's southeastern district of Ameen.
BAYAA - Two people were killed and eight wounded when a car bomb hit a busy street in Baghdad's southwestern district of Bayaa.
CHUKOOK - One person was killed and six others wounded when a car bomb exploded in the northwestern Baghdad district.
GHERAT - Two people were killed and 10 wounded when a car bomb exploded near a bank in the Baghdad district of Gherat, near Baghdad's northern Adhamiya area.
HUSSENIYA - Seven people were killed and 40 wounded when a car bomb went off near a restaurant in the northern Baghdad district of Husseniya.
JIHAD - Six people were killed and 20 wounded when a car bomb went off near a goldsmith market in southwestern Baghdad.
KADHIMIYA - 11 people were killed and 36 others wounded when a car bomb went off in a square in Baghdad's northwestern district of Kadhimiya.
KAMALIYA - Five people were killed and 15 others wounded when a roadside bomb exploded in the eastern Baghdad district of Kamaliya.
RAHMANIYA - Seven people were killed and 14 wounded when a car bomb went off in a street in Baghdad's Rahmaniya district.
SADR CITY - Six people were killed and 41 wounded when a car bomb went off near restaurants and cafes in the Shi'ite slum of Sadr City.
SHULA - Two people were killed and 15 wounded when a car bomb exploded near a restaurant in the northwestern district of Baghdad.
UR - 12 people were killed and 14 wounded when a car bomb exploded in a square in the northeastern district. (Reporting by Wathiq Ibrahim; Editing by Serena Chaudhry)
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A look at targets of Tuesday's Baghdad attacks
By The Associated Press
A look at the mostly Shiite Baghdad neighborhoods targeted Tuesday night in a series of bombings and mortar strikes that took place over the span of about an hour:
_Sadr City: 21 killed, 46 wounded by car bomb near a market in eastern Baghdad Shiite neighborhood.
_Al-Shaab: 4 killed, 15 wounded by car bomb near a popular cafe in mostly Shiite area in northeast Baghdad.
_Amin: 6 killed, 21 wounded when a motorcycle exploded in Shiite neighborhood in east Baghdad.
_Ur: 3 killed, 12 wounded in roadside bombing in northeast Shiite area.
_Kazimiyah: 4 killed, 9 wounded in roadside bomb in Shiite north Baghdad suburb.
_Husseiniyah: 7 killed, 22 wounded by car bomb at a popular market in north Baghdad suburb that is predominantly Shiite.
_Jihad: 3 killed, 12 wounded by bomb that hit a police patrol in southwest Baghdad area that has distinct Sunni-Shiite sections. Among the casualties, a policeman was killed and three other police were wounded.
_Amil: 1 killed, 2 wounded in roadside bombing in southwest Baghdad Shiite neighborhood.
_Shiite suburb of Azamiyah: 5 killed, 17 wounded by three mortar rounds that landed near the Shiite al-Jawadiya mosque.
_Rahmaniyah: 8 killed, 21 wounded in western Baghdad car bombing in Shiite neighborhood.
_Shiite enclave of Dora: 5 killed, 18 injured by car bomb that blew up in the main street of area in southern Baghdad.
_Ghazaliyah: 2 killed, 14 wounded by two mortar rounds that hit Sunni neighborhood in northwest Baghdad.
_Shula: 7 killed, 23 wounded by car bomb outside a restaurant in Shiite neighborhood in northwest Baghdad.
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Sources: All casualties were reported by Iraqi security officials and confirmed by hospital workers who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
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More than 100 people have been killed in over a dozen coordinated bomb attacks in and around the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, local security officials say.
A Press TV correspondent reported late Tuesday that at least 15 coordinated blasts were heard in the Iraqi capital.
Iraqi officials said that scores of people were also injured. No individual or group has claimed responsibility for the attacks.
One of the attacks took place near a restaurant in the Husseiniyeh district.
Earlier on Sunday, more than 50 Iraqis were killed and at least 60 others were injured during a hostage situation in Baghdad's Sayidat al-Nejat Catholic Church.
The war-torn country has been under almost daily attacks over the past weeks, resulting in the death and injury of many civilians and security forces.
The United States invaded Iraq in 2003 under the pretext that country was in possession of weapons of mass destruction, but such weapons were never found.
Despite the withdrawal of US combat forces, Iraq continues to host some 50,000 American troops that remain in the country for "advising and training" purposes.
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TEN EXPLOSIONS ROCK MAINLY SHI'ITE AREAS OF BAGHDAD, CASUALTIES
02 Nov 2010 16:46:37 GMT
Source: Reuters
TEN EXPLOSIONS ROCK MAINLY SHI'ITE AREAS OF BAGHDAD, CASUALTIES UNCLEAR - IRAQI OFFICIAL
UP TO 30 KILLED IN SERIES OF EXPLOSIONS AROUND BAGHDAD - IRAQI P
02 Nov 2010 16:58:00 GMT
Source: Reuters
UP TO 30 KILLED IN SERIES OF EXPLOSIONS AROUND BAGHDAD - IRAQI POLICE SOURCE
Up to 30 killed in blasts in Iraqi capital -police
02 Nov 2010 17:05:29 GMT
Source: Reuters
BAGHDAD, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Up to 30 people were killed in a series of explosions around Baghdad on Tuesday, a police source said, two days after al Qaeda militants staged a bloodbath when they took hostages in a Christian church in the Iraqi capital.
More than 10 car bombs and roadside bombs exploded, some outside cafes, in the early evening in several mainly Shi'ite areas of the city, officials said.
The police source, who asked not to be identified, said more than 60 people were wounded. (Reporting by Reuters Television; Writing by Michael Christie; Editing by David Stamp)
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Blasts kill at least 42 across Baghdad
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An Iraqi woman grieves while walking next to the coffins of two slain priests at a funeral in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. The priests were k AP – An Iraqi woman grieves while walking next to the coffins of two slain priests at a funeral in Baghdad, …
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By REBECCA SANTANA, Associated Press Rebecca Santana, Associated Press – 20 mins ago
BAGHDAD – Iraqi hospital and police officials say 10 blasts ripping through Baghdad's Shiite neighborhoods have killed at least 42 people.
The blasts took place in at least eight neighborhoods across the city Tuesday evening.
Officials said more than 100 people were injured by the bombings, which involved a combination of car bombs, roadside bombs and mortars.
The blasts come just two days after gunmen in Baghdad held a Christian congregation hostage in a siege that ended with 58 people dead.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
Iraqi hospital and police officials say a series of explosions across Baghdad have killed 35 people.
The blasts took place in at least seven neighborhoods across the city Tuesday evening and wounded dozens more.
Officials said about 80 people were injured by the bombings that mostly targeted Shiite neighborhoods.
The combination of car bombs and roadside bombs came just two days after gunmen in Baghdad held a Christian congregation hostage Sunday, in a siege that ended with 58 people dead.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
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Explosions kill more than 30 in Iraqi capital
02 Nov 2010 17:43:52 GMT
Source: Reuters
* At least 10 explosions around Baghdad
* Attacks mainly in Shi'ite areas
(Adds details)
BAGHDAD, Nov 2 (Reuters) - At least 10 explosions rocked mainly Shi'ite areas of the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, killing more than 30 people two days after al Qaeda militants caused a bloodbath when they took hostages in a Christian church.
Iraq remains in political limbo almost eight months after an inconclusive vote, raising fears that insurgents might exploit tension to try and reignite sectarian war. Tuesday's attack was the third major assault in Iraq since Friday.
"Ten cars exploded with bombs inside them. There were also four roadside bombs and two sticky bombs," Baghdad security spokesman Major General Qassim al-Moussawi said. "(They were) all in Shi'ite neighbourhoods."
A police source said up to 33 people were killed and 78 wounded in the series of car and roadside bombs. An interior ministry source said 35 were killed and 75 wounded. Hospital sources could not confirm those numbers.
One of the biggest explosions appeared to target restaurants and cafes in the Shi'ite slum of Sadr City. A police source in the area said 15 people had been killed and another 23 wounded.
Gunmen seized a Catholic church in central Baghdad during Sunday mass. The siege ended in a raid by security forces that saw 52 hostages and police killed in the bloodiest attack on Iraqi Christians since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.
Violence has subsided significantly in Iraq since the height of sectarian bloodshed in 2006-07 but attacks by Sunni insurgents linked to al Qaeda and Shi'ite militia continue daily. On Friday, 22 people were killed when a suicide bomber attacked an Iraqi cafe northeast of Baghdad. (Reporting by Khalid al-Ansary and Baghdad newsroom; writing by Serena Chaudhry; editing by Mark Heinrich)
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By REBECCA SANTANA, Associated Press Rebecca Santana, Associated Press – 8 mins ago
BAGHDAD – Iraqi hospital and police officials say blasts ripping through Baghdad's mostly Shiite neighborhoods have killed at least 62 people and wounded another 180.
The blasts took place in at least 10 neighborhoods across the capital Tuesday evening.
Officials said the blasts involved booby-trapped cars, roadside bombs and mortar strikes.
The blasts come just two days after gunmen in Baghdad held a Christian congregation hostage in a siege that ended with 58 people dead.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi hospital and police officials say 10 blasts ripping through Baghdad's Shiite neighborhoods have killed at least 42 people.
The blasts took place in at least eight neighborhoods across the city Tuesday evening.
Officials said more than 100 people were injured by the bombings, which involved a combination of car bombs, roadside bombs and mortars.
The blasts come just two days after gunmen in Baghdad held a Christian congregation hostage in a siege that ended with 58 people dead.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
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Bombs kill dozens as Iraqi Christians mourn
02 Nov 2010 18:42:59 GMT
Source: Reuters
* Series of blasts in Shi'ite areas
* Investigation launched into church attack
* Hundreds attend church funeral service
By Waleed Ibrahim and Khalid al-Ansary
BAGHDAD, Nov 2 (Reuters) -A series of bombs rocked mainly Shi'ite areas of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 40 people and wounding dozens two days after al Qaeda militants staged a bloodbath when they took hostages in a Christian church.
The bombings occurred hours after a memorial service for some of the 52 hostages and police killed in Sunday's church raid, and as the Iraqi government vowed to step up security for Iraq's Christian minority.
The third major assault in Iraq since Friday appeared to demonstrate that a weakened but stubborn insurgency has a greater capacity to carry out large-scale strikes than U.S. and Iraqi officials have acknowledged.
Iraq remains in political limbo almost eight months after an inconclusive election, raising fears that Sunni Islamist groups like al Qaeda might exploit the tensions to try and reignite sectarian war.
"The initial death toll we have so far is 40 killed, 80 wounded, I repeat, it is an initial death toll," Baghdad security spokesman Major General Qassim al-Moussawi said, adding that there had been 14 explosions in all.
"(They were) all in Shi'ite neighbourhoods."
Health Minister Saleh al-Hasnawi said 36 people died, but that could rise, and 320 were wounded, most of whom had been released from hospitals. One police source, who asked not to be named, said the eventual death toll could exceed 100.
One of the biggest explosions appeared to target restaurants and cafes in the Shi'ite slum of Sadr City.
The latest series of strikes came two months after the U.S. military formally ended combat operations in Iraq 7-1/2 years after the invasion, and the Iraqi security forces took on primary responsibility for protecting the public.
Sunday's attack was the worst against Iraq's Christians since 2003, and drove fear deep into the hearts of many Iraqi Christians who had so far resisted the urge to flee their war-torn country.
"Why don't they tell us frankly if they aim at emptying the country of the Christians? This is our country. We will stick to it. It is absolutely barbaric to target people who are praying," Bishop Matti Shaba Matoka, head of the Syrian Catholic Parish in Baghdad, told Reuters at the memorial service.
FOURTEEN COFFINS
Security was tight around the Chaldean Saint Joseph Church, where the service was held. Fourteen coffins, draped in Iraqi flags, were lined up near the main podium. Wails echoed throughout the church during the service.
Moussawi said an investigation had been launched to find out how al Qaeda-linked gunmen managed to storm the church despite checkpoints, and that anyone found to have been negligent or complicit would be held accountable.
He said the assailants were disguised as guards working for a private security firm and carried fake identification.
Defence Minister Abdel Qader Jassim said authorities ordered the detention of the police commander in charge of the district where the church attack took place for questioning, a standard procedure after high-profile attacks.
Jassim vowed to step up security for Iraq's Christians.
"Christians are our folk and it's our duty to protect them. You can't imagine how much we regret what happened," he said.
Gunmen tied to an Iraqi al Qaeda offshoot seized the hostages at the Our Lady of Salvation Church, a Syrian Catholic cathedral, during Sunday mass, demanding the release of women they said had converted to Islam but were being detained by the Coptic church in Egypt. Early reports said they also sought the release of al Qaeda prisoners in Iraq and Egypt. [ID:nLDE6A01R6]
The attack, which lasted several hours, ended when security forces raided the church to free more than 100 Iraqi Catholics.
(Additional reporting by Ahmed Rasheed, Aseel Kami and Suadad al-Salhy in Baghdad, Tom Heneghan in Paris; Writing by Serena Chaudhry; Editing by Michael Christie and Michael Roddy)
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By REBECCA SANTANA, Associated Press Rebecca Santana, Associated Press – 18 mins ago
BAGHDAD – Rapid-fire bombings and mortar strikes in mostly Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad killed 76 people and wounded nearly 200 on Tuesday, calling into question the ability of Iraqi security forces to protect the capital.
The blasts — at least 13 separate attacks — came just two days after gunmen in Baghdad held a Christian congregation hostage in a siege that ended with 58 people dead. Tuesday morning, hundreds of Christians gathered at a downtown church to mourn their lost brethren.
"They murdered us today and on Sunday, they killed our brother, the Christians," said Hussein al-Saiedi, a 26-year-old resident of the Shiite slum of Sadr City where 21 people were killed in the most deadly incident of the day. He said he was talking to friends on a busy street, when the blast occurred.
"We were just standing on the street when we heard a loud noise, and then saw smoke and pieces of cars, falling from the sky," he said. People were fleeing the site in panic, frantically calling the names of their relatives and friends. "They (the government) say the situation is under control. Where is their control?"
There was no immediate claim of responsibility. But the coordination of the blasts, the complexity of the operation and the predominantly Shiite targets point to al-Qaida-linked Sunni insurgents. Iraq has been plagued by conflict between Shiite and Sunni Muslim sects since the 2003 collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime, which was dominated by the minority Sunnis. It was supplanted by a Shiite-dominated government that remains in power until today.
The bombings began at about 6:15 p.m. The assailants used booby-trapped cars, roadside bombs, mortars and at least one suicide bomber on a motorcycle. Though most of the neighborhoods hit were Shiite-dominated, a couple struck Sunni neighborhoods as well.
The attacks stretched from one side of Baghdad to the other and were spread out over hours, indicating a high degree of coordination and complexity from an insurgency that just a few months ago U.S. and Iraqi officials were saying was all but defeated.
The casualty information all came from police and hospital officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
Earlier Tuesday, hundreds of grieving Christians and other Iraqis packed a funeral service for members of the faith killed in the militant siege on a Baghdad church. The attack, which an al-Qaida-linked group claimed it carried out, left 58 people dead and dozens wounded.
The complex attack carried out Sunday evening on parishioners celebrating Mass at the Our Lady of Salvation church in an affluent Baghdad neighborhood emphasized the ease with which militants can still strike in Iraq and the particularly dangerous position that the country's Christians occupy among Iraq's sectarian structure.
Iraq's top Catholic prelate, Chaldean Cardinal Emmanuel III Delly, urged the government to protect the nation's Christian community and not let their promises just be ink on paper.
"We are gathered here in this sacred house to say farewell to our brothers who were just the day before yesterday exclaiming love and peace," Delly told a weeping congregation at the Chaldean St. Joseph Church in central Baghdad.
In a show of force, Iraqi security forces flooded the streets around the church where black-clad parishioners mourned for the dead parishioners.
But as the security forces concentrated their efforts in the central Karradah neighborhood where the funeral took place, militants appeared to have spread out in a ring across the capital where the evening attacks took place just hours later.
The immediate reaction from many Iraqis was frustration with the attacks that continue despite assurances that the city and country are safe.
"Where is the government?" said Adnan Anbar, a 42-year-old man from Sadr City who was crossing the street when the blast went off. "What are all these checkpoints about," he said, referring to the hundreds of police and army checkpoints scattered all over Baghdad.
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Associated Press writers Lara Jakes and Mazin Yahya contributed to this report.
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Iraqi al Qaeda group predicts more bloody days
05 Nov 2010 13:29:43 GMT
Source: Reuters
* Attacks are 'beginning of downpour'
* Oblique reference to Maliki returning to power
BAGHDAD, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's Iraqi affiliate said on Friday that recent attacks in Baghdad were "the beginning of the downpour" and many more bloody days would come.
The Islamic State of Iraq's statement posted on radical Islamic websites appeared to link the escalation in attacks to signs that incumbent Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, a Shi'ite, might secure a second term.
In vague language, the statement said the Sunni Islamist insurgency was launching a new campaign because it was "disillusioned by the return of the Safawis' project," a term it has used to describe Shi'ite political supremacy in Iraq.
"What they have seen in that night is the beginning of the downpour, and one day out of many bloody days awaiting them."
A series of bombs around Baghdad on Tuesday night killed more than 60 people, mostly in Shi'ite areas.
The statement did not clearly claim responsibility for those attacks or refer specifically to a siege of a Catholic church on Sunday by al Qaeda-linked gunmen in which 52 hostages and police died, despite an earlier statement that the group was behind the attack.
Iraq has been in a power vacuum for eight months since an election that no party won outright.
But a parliament session called for Monday may help speed up the process, with signs Maliki could secure the support he needs from Shi'ite groups and minority Kurds to gain a second term.
While violence in the country has subsided from the peak of sectarian warfare in 2006-07, attacks and killings by Sunni insurgents and Shi'ite milita remain a daily occurrence ahead of the withdrawal of U.S. forces next year.
Maliki's retention of his post would likely anger Sunni hardliners who mistrust his links to Shi'ite power Iran, and fear what they see as his autocratic leanings and a disinclination to pay heed to Sunni concerns.
Minority Sunnis voted en masse in the March election for former premier Iyad Allawi's cross-sectarian Iraqiya bloc. Any attempt to exclude it from government might anger them and reinvigorate a still lethal al Qaeda-led insurgency capable of attacks like those which took place over the past few days.
"This issue should be considered carefully by politicians," Ahmed al-Safi, a representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's most revered Shi'ite cleric, said during Friday prayers in Najaf.(Reporting by Khalid al-Ansary and Waleed Ibrahim; writing by Serena Chaudhry; editing by Michael Christie and Philippa Fletcher)
"It is not acceptable that the country is enduring this and politicians squabble over this post or that. We don't want the country to be set alight in this way, and the process of forming a government is going slowly. This process should be completed as soon as possible."
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