Tuesday 6 December 2011

Despite attacks, pilgrims in Iraq mark holy day (AP)

Iraqi Shiite Muslims cut themselves with swords during Muharram, marking the anniversary of the 7th century death of Imam Hussein, grandson of Islam's founding prophet, Muhammad in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)AP - Iraqi police boosted security as hundreds of thousands of Shiite pilgrims converged Tuesday on the holy city of Karbala for a 10-day religious ritual that regularly draws deadly attacks by Sunni extremists.



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