Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Images: Eyewitness Iraq, Tue. 21 Mar.

SHIITES OBSERVE ASHOURA

The Imam Hussein shrine in an early-morning photo. A mortar shell exploded in the centre of the holy city of Karbala in southern Iraq as hundreds of thousands of Shiite pilgrims gathered for a religious commemoration.(AFP/Ahmand Al-Rubaye) The sun sets over the Iman Hussein shrine in the holy Iraqi city of Kerbala, 110 km (68 miles) south of Baghdad March 19, 2006. Hundreds of thousands of Shi'ite pilgrims flocked to Kerbala on Sunday amid tight security to foil any sectarian attack, and an ex-prime minister said Iraq was already embroiled in civil war. A sea of people filled roads to Kerbala ahead of Arbain, mourning the dead in a 7th century battle that confirmed a schism in Islam that has left Iraq dangerously divided between Sunnis and Shi'ites today. REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz
Shi'ite pilgrims gather near the Imam al-Abbas shrine during a religious ceremony in the holy Iraqi city of Kerbala, 110 km (70 miles) south of Baghdad, March 19, 2006. Hundreds of thousands of Shi'ite pilgrims flocked to Kerbala on Sunday amid tight security to foil any sectarian attack, and an ex-prime minister said Iraq was already embroiled in civil war. A sea of people filled roads to Kerbala ahead of Arbain, mourning the dead in a 7th century battle that confirmed a schism in Islam that has left Iraq dangerously divided between Sunnis and Shi'ites today. REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz Shrine of al-Abbas, brother of Imam Hussein is seen illuminated, in Karbala, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 19, 2006. Shiite Muslim pilgrims descended on the holy city of Karbala to mark the 40th and final day of mourning for Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson on March 20, 2006, who was killed in Karbala in 680 A.D., and thousands of Iraqi security forces braced for possible sectarian attacks. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban) Iraqi Shiite Muslims offer evening prayers at the Shrine of Imam Hussein, in Karbala, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 20, 2006. A million Shiite Muslim pilgrims descended on the holy city of Karbala to mark the 40th and final day of mourning for Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson on Monday, who killed in Karbala in 680 A.D., as thousands of Iraqi security forces braced for possible sectarian attacks. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Iraqi Shiite Muslims throng to worship near the tomb of al-Abbas, brother of Imam Hussein, in Karbala, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 20, 2006. A million Shiite Muslim pilgrims descended on the holy city of Karbala to mark the 40th and final day of mourning for Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, who was killed in Karbala in 680 A.D., as thousands of Iraqi security forces braced for possible sectarian attacks. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) Shi'ite pilgrims gather to pray outside the Imam Hussein shrine during a religious ceremony in the holy Iraqi city of Kerbala March 20, 2006. (Ceerwan Aziz/Reuters)

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