surge update -Car bombing targets Iraq pilgrims

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surge update -Car bombing targets Iraq pilgrims

At least six people have been killed in a car bombing seemingly targeting pilgrims preparing to travel to a Shia Muslim festival in the city of Karbala.

Iraqi police and hospital officials said that a parked car exploded near minibuses waiting to pick up people in Baghdad's mainly Shia district of al-Shaab.

The attack on Saturday was the latest in a series of bombings which have killed at least 36 people since Thursday.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2008/08/200881673424782958.html

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