Monday, 5 December 2011

Attacks kill 21 Shiite pilgrims in Iraq (AP)

Shiite Muslims pray at the Imam Moussa al-Kadhim shrine during the festival of Muharram in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Dec 2, 2011. Muharram marks the anniversary of the Battle of Karbala when Imam Hussein, a grandson of Prophet Muhammad, was killed. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Five bomb attacks struck Shiite pilgrims Monday during an important religious ritual for the Muslim sect, killing 21 people and wounding nearly 100 others, revealing the enormous security challenges that still beset Iraq as the U.S. military leaves the country.



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