Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Iraq army says nine bombs defused as Shiite rituals climax (AFP)
• Shi'ite Muslims conclude Ashura pilgrimage in Iraq (Reuters)
• Blood and violence as millions mark Ashura in Iraq (AFP)
• Bombs kill 7 Shiite pilgrims in Iraq (AP)
• Four Iraqi Shiites killed in Ashura attack (AFP)

Iraq army says nine bombs defused as Shiite rituals climax (AFP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 09:41 AM PST AFP - Iraqi security forces said Sunday they defused nine bombs as millions completed the annual Ashura rituals in Shiite shrine cities, free of the massive attacks that have marred recent years.

Shi'ite Muslims conclude Ashura pilgrimage in Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 09:02 AM PST Reuters - The Shi'ite Muslim religious festival of Ashura passed without major violence in Iraq on Sunday, after tight security was deployed to safeguard millions from the bloody attacks that marred past pilgrimages.

Blood and violence as millions mark Ashura in Iraq (AFP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 05:30 AM PST AFP - Millions of Shiites across Iraq on Sunday joined ceremonies marking the climax of solemn Ashura rituals, marred by a bomb attack on a procession near Kirkuk that killed five people.

Bombs kill 7 Shiite pilgrims in Iraq (AP) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 05:22 AM PST AP - A bomb killed five Shiite pilgrims in a procession in northeast Iraq on Sunday and blasts in Baghdad killed two more pilgrims as millions of people marched to commemorate the most important Shiite religious observance.

Four Iraqi Shiites killed in Ashura attack (AFP) Posted: 26 Dec 2009 11:27 PM PST AFP - A bomb Sunday ripped through a procession marking Shiite Islam's solemn Ashura ceremonies, killing four people and wounding 19 in a town near the northern oil-rich city of Kirkuk, police said.

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