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Deadly Car Bomb Targets Iraqi Holy City

   VOA News 08 November 2010
   Iraqi  security  forces  inspect  the  scene  of  a car bomb attack in
   Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, 8 Nov. 2010.

Photo: AP

   Iraqi  security  forces  inspect  the  scene  of  a car bomb attack in
   Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, 8 Nov. 2010.

   A  car  bomb has ripped through an area filled with pilgrims in Iraq's
   holy Shi'ite city of Karbala, killing at least seven.
   Iraqi  officials  said  Monday's  bombing  also  wounded  at  least 30
   people.   Officials  said  some  of  those  killed  and  wounded were
   pilgrims from Iran, but did not specify how many.
   Sunni  militants  in  Iraq  have  frequently  targeted Shi'ites in the
   southern  Iraqi  city,  which  is  home  to  several important Shi'ite
   shrines.
   In  July,  two  car  bomb blasts killed at least 21 people and wounded
   more  than  50  others  in an attack on pilgrims ahead of an important
   Shi'ite holiday.

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

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