BAGHDADBAGHDAD — Iraqi officials say two car bombs targeting Shiite pilgrims south of the holy city of Karbala have killed 22 people. The pilgrims were on their way to Karbala to take part in an ...

Reporting from Karbala, Iraq — When millions of Shiite Muslim pilgrims descended last month on the shrine with twin gold domes in this holy city, many Iraqis expected sectarian fighting to erupt.

Pounding their heads with machetes and daggers, their faces and clothes drenched in blood, Shiite pilgrims from all over Iraq mourned the death of their sect’s founder Tuesday in a mass outpouring ...

Major Mike Slocum of the 101st Airborne Division said, ”Basically they are on the ground to go through and secure the highways and supply routes, and also they are looking to squelch any paramilitary ...

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KARBALA, Iraq — The wide streets leading to the gloriously mosaicked shrines of Imam Abbas and Imam Hussein used to be so thronged with pilgrims and peddlers selling religious mementos that cars could ...