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Archive Home > 2009 > January > 05 > Female bomber strikes Shiite pilgrims in Iraq

Female bomber strikes Shiite pilgrims in Iraq

By Usama Redha and Kimi Yoshino / The Bulletin
January 5, 2009

BAGHDAD — As Shiite Muslim pilgrims made their way to a holy shrine in Baghdad on Sunday to mark one of the sect’s most important religious holidays, a female suicide bomber detonated her explosives at a crowded checkpoint, killing as many as 38 people and wounding 72, Iraqi....

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