Major massacre in Iraq
Blasts at Iraqi Shi'ite ceremonies kill more than 100
Hundreds brutally killed in the deserter's war-for-04.
A series of coordinated blasts struck major Shiite Muslim shrines this morning as thousands of pilgrims converged for the final day of a major religious festival. Scores were killed and wounded, witnesses said.
In Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad, five blasts went off shortly after 10 a.m. near two of the major shrines in Shiite Islam, hurling bodies in all directions and sending crowds of pilgrims fleeing in panic.
Three explosions rocked the inside and outside of the Kazimiya shrine in Baghdad at about the same time. Police sealed off the area while panicked people fled screaming and ambulances raced to the scene...It was one of the bloodiest days in Iraq, and doctors said the toll was likely to soar. In a separate attack in Baghdad, guerrillas threw a bomb at a US military vehicle early Tuesday, killing one American soldier and seriously wounding another.
March 2, 2004
Posted by maru at 3/02/2004 09:00:00 AM
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