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BAGHDAD (AP) — Amid chilly temperatures and heavy security, thousands of black-clad pilgrims from across Iraq marched Thursday in the annual procession in marking the death of a Shiite saint.

<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="http://www.metro.us/shiite-pilgrims-march-through-baghdad-surrounded-by-security/"></div>BAGHDAD (AP) — Amid chilly temperatures and heavy security, thousands of black-clad pilgrims from across Iraq marched Thursday in the annual procession in marking the death of a Shiite saint. Pilgrims traditionally travel on foot to the shrine and burial site of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, the seventh of 12 Shiite imams who died i...

Participants wore black and some self-flagellated as they took part in the march to honour Imam Moussa al-Kadhim who lived in the eighth century.

BAGHDAD (AP) — Three Iraqi troops were killed Thursday when a suspected Islamic State militant detonated an explosive vest, state media reported, as security forces remain on high alert for sectarian attacks.

Three Iraqi troops were killed Thursday when a suspected Islamic State militant detonated an explosive vest, state media reported, as security forces remain on high alert for sectarian attacks.

Three Iraqi troops were killed Thursday when a suspected Islamic State militant detonated an explosive vest, state media reported, as security forces remain on high alert for sectarian attacks

Three Iraqi soldiers have been killed in clashes with suspected Islamic State militants. The IS group member detonated an explosive vest during a raid on a suspected IS cell.

BAGHDAD (AP) - Three Iraqi troops were killed Thursday when a suspected Islamic State militant detonated an ex...

Three Iraqi troops were killed Thursday when a suspected Islamic State militant detonated an explosive vest, state media reported, as security forces remain on high alert for sectarian attacks.

In addition to suicide bomber, two other members of the cell killed