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  • Busload of Shia pilgrims shot dead in Iraq

    09/12/2011 3:24:36 PM PDT · by Cardhu · 10 replies
    Al Jazeera ^ | Sept 12th 2011 | Staff
    Officials say the bodies of at least 22 Shia pilgrims who were shot dead have been found in a remote desert area in western Iraq. The bodies were discovered late on Monday night, hours after the gang of gunmen stopped the bus at a fake security checkpoint and told all the women to get off, according to one security official who interviewed a survivor. An Iraqi army patrol found the deserted women, weeping and wailing, by the side of the highway and brought them to the provincial capital of Ramadi for help. One of the women told officials that there...