Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Stampede kills about 650 during Shiite pilgrimage in Baghdad

"BAGHDAD, Iraq -- About 650 people were killed in a stampede on a bridge Wednesday when panic engulfed a massive Shiite religious procession amid rumors that a suicide bomber was about to attack, officials and a survivor said. It was the single biggest loss of life in Iraq since the March 2003 invasion."

// posted by Unknown @ 11:11 a.m.
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