Shiite pilgrimage in Baghdad reaches climax (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Tue, 07/29/2008 - 1:40am

An Iraqi police officer searches bags of female pilgrims in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 28, 2008.<br /><br />Three suicide bombers and a roadside bomb struck Shiite pilgrims taking part in a massive religious procession in Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 28 people and wounding 92, police said.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Hundreds of thousands of Shiite pilgrims gathered around a golden-domed shrine in a massive religious assembly in Baghdad on Tuesday, a day after three female suicide bombers struck their procession and killed 32 people.




 

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