Karbala
KARBALA, a city located sixty-five miles southwest of Baghdad, constitutes the pivot of devotion for more than a hundred million Shīʿī Muslims. Although the estimated popu...
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Karbala
(2002 est. pop. 550,000). Karbala is a city in central Iraq, eighty-eight kilometers southwest of Baghdad. It is one of the holiest cities of Shiʿa Islam (adherents of the Shiʿa ...
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Baghdad (dpa) - Contradictory statements after clashes Friday
between Mahdi Army militants and the joint US-Iraqi forces in the
city of Karbala, some 100 kilometres south of...
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A car bomb exploded Saturday in a bus station in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, killing at least 56 people, police and hospital officials said.More than 70 people were also wounded in the attack,...
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Fighting erupted Tuesday between rival Shiite militias in Karbala during a religious festival, claiming 51 lives and forcing officials to abort the celebrations and order up to 1 million Shiite pil...
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Baghdad (dpa) - Authorities Saturday released from custody 135
suspects who were rounded-up in relation to deadly clashes in a
Shiite pilgrimage site in Karbala which killed...
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Baghdad (dpa) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Wednesday
sacked Karbala Police Chief Senior Officer Raed Shaker and ordered
him to be interrogated, while fierce arme...
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Baghdad (dpa) - Ten Iraqis, including six from one family, were
killed and 28 wounded during a US raid on Karbala city early Friday,
Iraqi medical sources said.
...
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Baghdad (dpa) - Contradictory statements emerged after clashes
Friday between Mahdi Army militants and joint US-Iraqi forces in
Karbala, some 100 kilometres south of Baghdad...
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Baghdad (dpa) - The Iraqi government sacked two senior security
officials and Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr suspended the activities
of his Mahdi Army militia on Wednesday, ...
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Karbala, Iraq (dpa) - In addition to the sectarian violence that
has struck Iraq, the city of Karbala has seen growing animosities
within the Shiite community.
...
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Karbala
Karbala
ROUNDUP: Contradictory statements over Karbala clashes
