Two suicide bombings carried out in North and South of the city of Kerbala, Baghdad, killed at least 50 people dead and 150 others wounded, sources with the Iraqi Interior Ministry. The victims of the attacks, which allegedly were launched with two car bombs, would be pilgrims to participate in the celebrations of "Arbainiya", the holiday that commemorates the forty days after the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of the prophet Muhammad and third most important magnet for the Shiite community.Both attacks were separated by a period of 15 minutes, the first of which took place near a police post. In this case, the car had been parked. The second blast occurred in a motor vehicle was in motion, in the midst of Shiite pilgrims had gathered at the southern entrance of the city. The attacks, which have multiplied in recent days against Shiite pilgrims have been perceived as evidence of Iraqi security forces before the complete withdrawal of U.S.
forces this year. In this regard, Iraq's prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki said in a statement from his office, that these attacks "do not preclude the growing security work, not go unpunished."
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