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Suicide Bomber Kills At Least 30 Shi'ite Pilgrims in Baghdad

   VOA News 07 July 2010
   Shi'ite  pilgrims  cross  a  bridge  across  the Tigris river from the
   Azamiyah  neighborhood  in  north  Baghdad,  top,  to  the Imam Moussa
   al-Kadhim shrine for the annual commemoration of the saint's death, in
   the Shi'ite district of Kazimiyah, in Baghdad, Iraq, 07

Photo: AP

   Shi'ite  pilgrims  cross  a  bridge  across  the Tigris river from the
   Azamiyah neighborhood in north Baghdad, Iraq, 07 Jul 2010

   Iraqi  security  officials  say  a  suicide  bomber killed at least 30
   people  and  wounded  more  than  60  Wednesday  after  detonating  an
   explosives-filled belt near a crowd of Shi'ite pilgrims.
   Officials  say the attack took place in Adhamiyah, a Sunni district of
   Baghdad.  Investigators say at least five other people were killed in
   separate bombings in the city, including two other pilgrims.  Â
   The  attacks  took  place  in  spite  of  heavy  security in the Iraqi
   capital,  where  tens  of  thousands  of  worshippers had gathered for
   ceremonies  marking the death of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, the seventh of
   12 revered Imams in Shi'ite Islam.
   Police say a series of attacks killed at least six Shi'ite pilgrims in
   Baghdad Tuesday.
   Wednesday's suicide bombing took place near a bridge where about 1,000
   Shi'ite  pilgrims  died  in  a stampede five years ago, after they had
   gathered for the same ceremony.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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