Blasts Kill 143 at Iraq Shiite Shrines

[La_Serpiente]

Blasts Kill 143 at Iraq Shiite Shrines

KARBALA, Iraq - Simultaneous explosions ripped through crowds of worshippers Tuesday at Shiite Muslim shrines in Baghdad and the city of Karbala, killing at least 143 people on the holiest day of the Shiite calendar, a U.S. official said. It was the bloodiest day since the end of major fighting.

The blasts came during the Shiite festival of Ashoura and coincided with a shooting attack on Shiite worshippers in Quetta, Pakistan that killed at least 29 people and wounded more than 150.

Three suicide bombers set off their explosives in and around Baghdad's Kazimiya shrine, killing 58 and wounding 200, Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt told reporters. At least one suicide attacker blew himself up and pre-set explosives went off in Karbala, killing 85 and wounding more than 100, he said.

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Blasts Kill 143 at Iraq Shiite Shrines

[Broadslidin]

1. Graphic BBC Video

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3524589.stm

The results of violent U.S. Imperialism.

[Bandit]

2. I would say this is a good indication that Civil War is already in progres

:shrug: Who would have ever imagined such a thing????

[Supply Side Jesus]

3. How does bushco expect to down play this?

"It's just growing pains of a new democracy."
"There has always been violence there, how do you expect us to stop it?"
:puke: