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Car Bomb Kills 7, Including Iranians, in Iraq City Kerbala
Source: Reuters

Car bomb kills 7, including Iranians, in Iraq city

Mon Nov 8, 2010 8:03am GMT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A car bomb aimed at Iranian pilgrims killed seven people in Iraq's holy Shi'ite city of Kerbala on Monday, an official said, shortly before a meeting that could break an eight-month deadlock over a new government.

Thirty-four people were wounded by the blast at one of the entrances to Kerbala, site of two of the holiest shrines in Shi'ite Islam, said Mohammed al-Moussawi, head of the Kerbala provincial council. Four of the dead were Iranians, he said.

"It was a car bomb. There were Iranian pilgrims in the area. They were targeted," said Moussawi.

Hundreds of thousands of Iranian religious tourists have visited Shi'ite holy sites in neighbouring Iraq since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion toppled Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein.

Read more: http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE6A711E20101108
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