Posted on 08/10/2007 9:20:38 AM PDT by bnelson44
Baghdad, Aug 10, (VOI) – The rituals of the pilgrimage to the Shiite shrine of Imam al-Kazhem ended without any security breaches, the official military spokesman for the Baghdad security plan Operation Fardh al-Qanoon said on Friday.
"Thank God the visits ended without any security violations," Brig. Qassem al-Musawi said in press statements on Friday.
The visits to Imam Kazhem's tomb on his death anniversary occurred for the first time since 2003. The city of al-Kazhemiya, in the capital Baghdad, witnessed the death of more than 1,000 people in a stampede on Jisr al-Aiema (The Bridge of Imams) linking Kazhemiya to al-Aazamiya two years ago on the same occasion.
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ping
That’s the definitive proof the surge is a big success.
God bless Petraeus
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