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Iraq: Death toll from attack on pilgrims now 53

Written By Ivan Kolev on Monday, January 16, 2012 | 4:00 AM

A bomb killed at least 53 Shiite pilgrims near the southern port city of Basrah on Saturday, an Iraqi official said. It was the latest in a series of attacks during Shiite religious commemorations that have killed scores of people and threaten to further increase sectarian tensions just weeks after the U.S. withdrawal.



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