Bombs Targeting Shi'ites Kill 41 in Iraq

Iraqi officials say multiple bombings targeting Shi'ite pilgrims have killed at least 41 people. The largest attack Thursday happened in al-Sadiya, north of Baghdad, where a suicide bomber killed at least 32 people and wounded 75 others. Earlier, two bombs exploded south of the capital in Hafriyah, killing at least nine people. Both attacks hit groups of Shi'ites observing the annual Ashura ritual, which commemorates the seventh-century killing of Imam Hussein, a grandson of...

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