Shiite Shrine Bombing Kills 5 in Baghdad

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Shiite Shrine Bombing Kills 5 in Baghdad

By Joshua Partlow
Washington Post Foreign Service
Saturday, August 25, 2007; 3:54 PM

BAGHDAD, Aug. 25 -- A bomb placed beneath a parked car exploded outside a prominent Shiite shrine in Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least five people at the start of a major religious ceremony, U.S. military officials said.

Thousands of Shiite pilgrims from across Iraq will soon set off on a journey to Karbala, about 50 miles south of the capital, to commemorate the birthday of a 9th century imam, prompting the government of Iraq to impose a partial curfew on some forms of transportation in the capital.

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