Pilgrims brave bomb threat to flock to Baghdad shrine

AFP English
AFP English
  • 8 years ago
A sea of pilgrims converged on a Baghdad shrine on Tuesday for an annual Shiite religious commemoration, defying fears of further bomb attacks by the Islamic State group.

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