Seven pilgrims shot dead on road to Baghdad

[Barrett808]

Source: AFP

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Gunmen shot dead a group of seven pilgrims who were walking to a holy Shiite shrine in the Iraqi capital on Sunday, police and a doctor said.

Pilgrims are flooding into Baghdad for one of Shiite Islam's key religious festivals that will on Tuesday commemorate revered imam Mussa Kadhim who died 12 centuries ago.

Up to a million pilgrims are expected for the festivities prompting authorities to step up security amid concerns over attacks.

In Sunday's attack the men from the Suwayrah, 50 kilometres (30 miles) south of Baghdad, were assaulted in the town of Madin, just south of the capital, police said.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080727/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrest

[Muttocracy]

1. Hey pilgrims, no fear, we had a surge!!!111

[Botany]

2. but the Surge ... the Surge

:cry:

[Union Thug]

3. You beat me to it... BUT THE SURGE!!!!!

[geomon666]

4. Thank god we're winning.

Otherwise stories like this would really get me down.