Car Bomb Kills Shi'ite Pilgrims in Iraq

A car bomb has killed at least 13 Shi'ite pilgrims in Baghdad on the anniversary of the death of a revered 8th century religious leader. Police and medical sources say at least 28 others, including women and children, were wounded. A parked car containing explosives detonated Monday in the southwestern Saydiyah neighborhood, as Shi'ite Muslims conducted an annual pilgrimage to Imam Moussa al-Kadhim's shrine in northern Baghdad. There was no immediate claim of...

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