Blasts kill 43, wound more than 100 in Iraq’s Karbala (People’s Daily)
Iraqi Shiites on Friday sadly witness a major bloodshed for the third time in the past week. A series of attacks targeting Shiite pilgrims killed 43 people and wounded at least 105 others in Iraq’s southern shrine city of Karbala when they were observing religious activities. Two bomb-planted civilian cars parked at two ends of Wadil- Salam bridge, which located east of Karbala, about 80 km …
Iraqi police: Attacks kill 28 Shiite pilgrims (Washington Post)
BAGHDAD — Two attacks on Shiite pilgrims returning from the holy city of Karbala left at least 28 people dead Friday, the latest in a series of bombings that appear designed to discredit Iraqi security forces and inflame sectarian tension.
Mortar attack kills 31 Shiite pilgrims in central Iraq (INDOlink)
Karbala, Feb 5 (AFP) A mortar bomb attack on the last day of a major mourning ceremony in Iraq killed 31 Shiite pilgrims and wounded dozens more today in an atrocity blamed on al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein loyalists.
Iraqi VP: Security forces in need of ‘drastic action’ (CNN)
On a day when car bombings targeting Shiite pilgrims in Iraq killed at least 32 people, Iraq’s Sunni vice president, Tariq al-Hashimi, said “drastic action” is required to improve the quality of Iraq’s security forces.
Iraq mortar attack kills 31 Shiite pilgrims (Malaysian Mirror)
KARBALA, Iraq -A mortar bomb attack on the last day of a major mourning ceremony in Iraq killed 31 Shiite pilgrims and wounded dozens more on Friday in an atrocity blamed on Al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein loyalists.
U.S. condemns attacks targeting Shiite pilgrims in Iraq (People’s Daily)
The United States on Friday delivered tough condemnation on attacks targeting Shiite pilgrims in Iraq over the past week, encouraging the Iraqi people to hold their aspiration for democracy. In the past week, some 100 people were killed and nearly 300 others wounded in three major bombing attacks near Iraq’s southern city of Karbala, which is considered as one of the holiest places of Shiite …
Iraq mortar attack kills 31 Shiite pilgrims (Malaysian Mirror)
KARBALA, Iraq -A mortar bomb attack on the last day of a major mourning ceremony in Iraq killed 31 Shiite pilgrims and wounded dozens more on Friday in an atrocity blamed on Al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein loyalists. Read more…
Bombings in Iraq holy city during rite kill 20 (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
At least 20 people were killed and 75 wounded on Friday when two car bombs blew up in Iraq’s holy city of Kerbala as hundreds of thousands of Shi’ite pilgrims observed a major religious rite, hospital sources said.
Iraq- Industry minister, Basra governor mull development of companies (MENAFN)
Iraq- Industry minister, Basra governor mull development of companies
US Marines’ Iraq command ends; Biden in Baghdad (Park Hills Daily Journal)
RAMADI, Iraq (AP) The U.S. Marines marked the end of nearly seven years in Iraq on Saturday by handing the Army their command of Anbar province, once one of the war s fiercest battlefields but now a centerpiece of U.S.-Iraqi cooperation.
Blast in crowd kills 41 Shiite pilgrims in Iraq (AFP via Yahoo! Asia News)
A bomb attack on the last day of a major mourning ceremony in Iraq killed 41 Shiite pilgrims and wounded more than 140 on Friday in an atrocity blamed on Al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein loyalists.
