Iraq security forces on alert as Shi'ites gather for Ashoura
 

https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Gp...IS-ASHOURA.JPGBy Haider Kadhim KERBALA Iraq (Reuters) - Millions of Shi'ite Muslims gathered at shrines and mosques across Iraq on Tuesday for the Ashoura religious ritual with Iraqi security forces on alert for any repeat of the attacks that have inflicted mass casualties during past pilgrimages. The presence in the country of ultra-hardline Islamic state militants who swept through the **rth earlier this year raises the possibility of wider bloodshed this year. ...




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