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19 Pakistani pilgrims wounded in Iraq bombing
[Al Ahram]  A roadside kaboom in Iraq's Anbar province maimed 19 Pak Shiite pilgrims on Sunday, police and a doctor said, in the second attack against pilgrims in the Sunni province in days."A bus carrying Pak pilgrims was targeted by a roadside kaboom at around 4:00 pm (1300 GMT) on the highway to Storied Baghdad ...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate... " from Fallujah, ... the City of Mosques, which might have somthing to do with why it's not called Center of Prosperityor a really nice place to raise your kids... Anbar police front man Lieutenant Colonel Hassan Taher Kitab told AFP. The attack maimed the driver of the bus and 18 passengers, including three children who were at death's door, he said. Assem al-Hadithi, a doctor at Fallujah Hospital, confirmed the toll, and said that the pilgrims were going to visit the Al-Askari Shiite shrine in Samarra, north of Storied Baghdad. The attack comes after a roadside kaboom went kaboom!on Wednesday near a bus carrying Lebanese Shiite pilgrims west of Anbar's scenic provincial capital Ramadi, killing three and wounding at least 10. Posted by: Fred 2012-05-28 |
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