Three Lebanese Pilgrims Killed in Iraq Bus Bombing
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
A roadside bomb exploded near a bus carrying Lebanese Shiite pilgrims in a Sunni area of western Iraq on Wednesday, killing three and wounding 10 others, Iraqi police and medical sources said.
"A roadside bomb exploded in the Khamsat Kilo area as a bus carrying Lebanese pilgrims... passed on the highway, killing three of them and wounding 10," a first lieutenant in the Anbar provincial police said, referring to an area west of the provincial capital Ramadi.
A medical source at a mortuary in Ramadi confirmed the death toll, saying that it had received the bodies of three women.
A lieutenant colonel in the Ramadi police said there were around 40 Lebanese Shiite pilgrims on the bus, among them women and children, who were headed to Shiite holy sites.
Meanwhile, al-Jadeed television said the bus belongs to the Shams al-Doha campaign, which was organized by Abdullah Nader.
Iraq is home to some of the holiest sites in Shiite Islam, to which hundreds of thousands of pilgrims flock each year. Pilgrims are periodically attacked, often by bombs.
On Tuesday 13 Lebanese Shiite pilgrims were kidnapped from a bus in Syria's northern Aleppo province.
24 May 2012, 03:41
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does it matter? three innocent Lebanese are killed in a cowardly act, and your response is to demonize the community they belong to? by the way, it is ironic that your screenname is "peace"...shouldn't you be condemning this incident rather than dehumanizing people?
23 May 2012, 17:22
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I thought pilgrimage is only once a year for muslims? What kind of pilgrimage were they on?
23 May 2012, 21:15
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its not the mecca pilgrimage (7aj), this type of pilgrimage is called ziyara, where shrines of holy figures in shia islam are visited in specific dates. in english any journey of a religious nature is often referred to as a pilgrimage.
24 May 2012, 08:19
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The so-called "Muslims" worship stone idols. The Sunnis have their cubic structure called "Kaaba", covered with black cloth. If you look up "Jinn Blocks of Arabia", you will discover the shocking truth that the cube was a symbol of Al-Lat and Dhu-Sha3ra (Pagan deities of Arabia).
The Shia creed, on the other hand, originated in Safawi Iran, and has nothing to do with Islam whatsoever. The Shias worship the graves of their long-dead imams.
23 May 2012, 18:49
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In Syria was the mafia. In Iraq, must be the russian mafia. Lebanon will be the dumping ground again for external powers.
23 May 2012, 18:59
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More provocation trying to inflame Lebanon. Restraint, this is the order of the day. Do not give in to impulses to revenge. Hezbollah and Assad are counting on Lebanese being the Lebanese of 1975 not of 2012.
Do not give in!!
23 May 2012, 21:20
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i'm sorry, but the followers of hazbollah are pretty restrained and complied to the calls to leave the streets. on the other hand, militants in the north and tareek el jdeede were, to put it in your terms, acting like the lebanese of 1975 not 2012. or is today opposite day?
23 May 2012, 20:03
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Why are they burning tires and closing the road to the airport when some criminals in in Iraq kills Lebanese?
This is not civilized. No excuses. I mean from the smallest thing, the environment of the country after burning tires every single day to international diplomacy----) summon the Iraqi ambassador and ask him why they cannot guarantee the safety of foreign citizens visiting the country.
But for hells sake, dont burn tires and block roads! Sunni, shia, Marone ,durze or aya zefet dont do this crap.
24 May 2012, 04:40
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hmm, How do we know whether or not the bus was carrying weapons to Hizbollah since it was destined to Lebanon? so it was self inflicting bomb like the ones that explode normally in the Dahyeh and no one is allowed to uncover the truth of the Propane canisters?
