35 Killed, Scores Wounded in Baghdad Bombings

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Shiite pilgrims head to the Imam Moussa al-Kadhim shrine in Baghdad on Wednesday for the annual commemoration of the saint’s death.

Shiite pilgrims en route to worship in Baghdad were the target of a series of bombings that killed at least 35 and wounded 100 on Wednesday, according to the BBC.

BBC:

Thirty died when a suicide bomber targeted a crowd walking through the predominantly Sunni Adhamiya district to the Imam Moussa al-Khadhim mosque.

Five pilgrims were killed in two other bombings in the east of the capital.

Security had been stepped up to protect the thousands of pilgrims attending a festival that culminates on Thursday.

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By PatrickHenry, July 7, 2010 at 3:42 pm Link to this comment

Does America need to be there?

We need to leave.

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By RAE, July 7, 2010 at 3:02 pm Link to this comment

I’m so tired of this shit.

Either I’m mentally incompetent because I don’t join this kind of mass hysterical thinking, or they are.

I’m just arrogant enough to believe, ON THE EVIDENCE, that it is THEY who are so brainwashed and conditioned they can’t even think straight anymore. Peer pressure is a powerful influence on those whose culture doesn’t allow critical thinking for oneself.

As I said… so tired of this Shiite.

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