Iraq Suicide Bomber Kills 50 At Pilgrimage Climax

A suicide bomber killed 50 people in an apparent sectarian attack in south Iraq today casting a pall over the climax of a Shiite pilgrimage that draws hundreds of thousands from around the world.

The attack on Shiite devotees on the outskirts of the port city of Basra, which left 100 wounded, came with Iraq mired in a political row that has pitted the Shiite-led government against the main Sunni-backed bloc and stoked sectarian tensions less than a month after US forces completed their pullout.

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