Baghdad Car Bomb Kills 34 Shi'ite Pilgrims

Three car bomb attacks targeting Shi'ite pilgrims in Baghdad killed at least 34 people Sunday. One blast killed 14 at a tent where people were delivering food to pilgrims as they headed to the holy city of Karbala for the religious observance of Ashura. Later, two other bombings, one in downtown Baghdad and another in Sadr City, killed at least 20 more. Iraq is bracing for the possibility of more sectarian conflict as hundreds of thousands of Shi'ite pilgrims flock to the...

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