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| Iraq |
| Attacks Kill 17 as Pilgrims Converge on Baghdad |
| 2014-05-25 |
| [An Nahar] Violence in Storied Baghdad and north Iraq killed 17 people on Friday as throngs of Shiite pilgrims converged on the Iraqi capital for annual commemoration rituals amid heavy security. The unrest comes as Iraq grapples with a protracted surge in bloodshed that has left more than 3,700 people dead so far this year and fulled fears the country is slipping back into all-out conflict. Friday's deadly violence struck in the capital and the restive northern province of Nineveh, leaving 17 people dead and 25 others maimed, security and medical officials said. Mortar fire in north Storied Baghdad killed three people, while two men were rubbed out in the west of the capital. The mortar rounds slammed into the Zahra neighbourhood adjacent to Kadhimiyah, where tens of thousands of Shiite Mohammedans prepare to commemorate the death of a revered figure in Shiite Islam. For days worshippers from across the country have been walking to Kadhimiyah, site of a shrine dedicated to Imam Musa Kadhim, the seventh of 12 revered imams in Shiite Islam, who died in 799 AD. The commemoration rituals climax on Saturday and Sunday. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 And while you ponder on that I will be over here going through your things. Ah, you're a registered Democrat, then. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-05-25 12:57 |
| #1 Moslem Values. It has something to do with their religion, right? I thought so. Makes you want to share in the Peace, doesn't it? The deeper meaning of Islam. And while you ponder on that I will be over here going through your things. |
| Posted by: Big Thromoth3646 2014-05-25 06:19 |