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war, politics and the road to the Oct. 15 referendum — updated Updated: Fri Sep 16, 12:42 PM ET

Iraqi police secure the area after a car bomb exploded near a Shiite mosque in Tuz Khormato, north of Baghdad, Friday, Sept. 16, 2005. AP Photo/Hameed Rasheed

Death Toll Up to 12 in Iraq Mosque Blast

AP - 34 minutes ago

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide car bomber attacked a Shiite mosque in northern Iraq on Friday, killing at least 12 worshippers as they left midday prayers, police said. Full story »

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MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS

Sept. 16A suicide car bomb kills at least 12 outside a Shiite mosque in Tuz Khormato.

Sept. 15The draft constitution goes to the U.N. for printing ahead of the referendum.

Sept. 14Coordinated bombings kill at least 160 in Baghdad, the deadliest day since the invasion.

Sept. 13U.S.-Iraqi forces sweep Tal Afar; al-Qaida in Iraq vows retaliation.

Oct. 15Scheduled nationwide referendum on the permanent constitution.

Background

U.S. troops in Iraq: about 140,000.
The constitution: drafted by a Shiite-Kurd majority over Sunni objections; fails if three provinces vote two-thirds no.
Al-Qaida in Iraq: led by Jordanian Abu Musab al-Zarqawi; has declared war on Iraq's Shiites.