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Bomb kills 14 Shi'ite pilgrims in Baghdad's Sadr City
[REUTERS] A bomb killed 14 Shi'ite pilgrims in the Sadr City area of Baghdad on Sunday, after two other deadly explosions killed 20 people in the capital just ahead of Ashura, a religious festival targeted by suicide bombers in the past.The bomb in Sadr City exploded near a tent used by pilgrims preparing for Ashura, when millions of Shi'ites will commemorate the slaying of Prophet Mohammad's grandson Hussein at the Battle of Kerbala in 680 AD. Posted by: Fred 2014-11-03 |
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