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 | | At the centre of the old city is the Mashad al-Husain, the tomb of Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad by his daughter Fatima and Ali ibn Abi Talib. | | | The Kammuna family, relatives of the Shah of Iran, were custodians of the shrines for many years and effectively ran the city until it fell under the control of the British Empire in 1915. | | | Shi'a Muslims consider it to be one of the holiest places in the world, after Mecca, Medina, and Najaf. |
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| | Ziaraat.com - Karbala - About |
| | Abul-Fazl al-Abbas(a.s.) was the brother of Imam Hassan(a.s.) and Imam Hussain(a.s.) and the standard-bearer of Imam Hussain(a.s.) in the battle of Karbala. | | | Two grand holy shrine in Karbala are those of Imam Hussain(a.s.) and his brother Abul-Fazl al-Abbas(a.s.). | | | Upon reaching Karbala, the holy place would draw the visitor's attention to its glorious minarets and domes shining due to the light of its lord. |
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| | al-imam.net Ashoora Encyclopedia |
| | Because of Imam Ali Ibn Al-Hussain's prayer, Komayt died a martyr. | | | He lost his vision near the end of his life and died in Al Ta'ef in 68 AH at the age of 70. | | | It is said that he was among the companions of Imam Ali Ibn Al Hussain. |
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| | News from Holy Cities of Karbala, Najaf IRAQ Jafariya News Network |
| | Karbala shrines overseeing council visits city of H-Masomeh (A) HOLY QOM, Iran: Members of Administrative Council for the holy city of Karbala and overseer of two holy shrines of Hazret-e-Imam Hosayn (a.s.) and Hazret-e-Abbas (a.s.) paid a visit to the holy city of Qom. | | | Mauledo Aqeela Al-Hashmiyeen (A) marked at Shrine of Al-Abbas (A) HOLY KARBALA, Iraq: A grand spiritual festive program to celebrate the Anniversary of Birth of Aqeela Al-Hashmiyeen Sayyedah Zaynab Al-Kobra (A) was witnessed at the holy shrine of her brother Abu Al-Fadl Al-Abbas (A) in the holy city of Karbala, Iraq. | | | HOLY KARBALA, Iraq: Grand spiritual gatherings of Majales Al-Aza and Al-Mawakeb Al-Azaiyah were witnessed across Iraq particularly in the holy cities of Najaf, Karbala, Kazemiyah and Samara in connection with Al-Fatemiyah Ath-Thaniyah commemorating the martyrdom anniversary of Holy Prophet (p)’s daughter Fatemah Az-Zahraa Al-Batoul (p). |
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| | The word Karbala is formed from two Assyrian words which are (Karb) means sacred place, and the word (Ail) also means (God). | | | It is reported by the researchers that, the word Karbala means (nearness of God), and the word is an old Babylonian origin. | | | In fact, this place was named as Haa'ir due to the fact that water was confused around the holy shrine of Imam Husain (peace be upon him), when the Abbasid Mutawakil gave command that Imam Husain's shrine must be destroyed and watered as well. |
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| | Al-Islam.org by the Ahlul Bayt DILP - Muharram & Karbala |
| | Karbala: An enduring paradigm of Islamic revivalism by Sayyid Wahid Akhtar | | | Resources pertaining to the month of Muharram & the tragedy of Karbala in which the Prophet's Grandson, Imam Hussain (as), and his family were martyred. | | | The month of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, brings with it the memory of the sacrifice of Imam Husayn [a], the grandson of Prophet Muhammad [s], and his noble family and friends. |
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| | Explosions rock Shiite shrines in Karbala and Baghdad at height of religious festival; at least 125 killed | | | Iranian pilgrims to Mecca traditionally begin their journey at Karbala, and many pious Muslims bring the bones of their dead for burial there. | | | It is second only to Mecca in being a holy place visited by Shiite pilgrims. |
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| | The tragedy of Karbala taught humanity a lesson that standing for the truth and fighting unto death for it is more honorable and valuable than submitting to the wrongful, especially when the survival of Islam is at stake. | | | Thus, in Karbala, Al-Husain the 57 year old grandson of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), sacrificed his totality and all he had, for one goal. | | | At the forefront of the procession were the heads of Imam Husain (a.s.) and his followers on the tip of spears. |
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| | USATODAY.com - U.S. troops, militiamen fight in Karbala |
| | In Karbala, al-Sadr's fighters regrouped in alleys north of Imam Hussein shrine. | | | Abbas, the namesake of Karbala's other prominent shrine, was a half brother of Hussein. | | | Smoke drifted over the shrine, apparently from a nearby a power generator that had been set afire. |
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| | Biography of Ayatollah Sayid Mortadha Al-Qazwini - alqazwini.org |
| | Due to the request of the citizens of the holy city of Karbala Ayatollah Al-Qazwini became the Imam of the daily prayers at the shrine of Imam Hussein in Karbala. | | | He has several unpublished books: a book that combines all of his poems in regards to Allah, Mohammad, and his holy progeny, a book in which he gathered most of his beautiful and spiritual memories, and a book about the stages of the Day of judgment. | | | By this time he had become such a well-known speaker that he often spoke in the shrine of Imam Al-Hussein (as) where thousands of people would congregate to be enlightened by his sermons. |
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| | Victory News Magazine Al- Sajjad - The Witness |
| | Imam al- Sajjad (‘a) and his son, Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (‘a), remained alive to bear witness and therefore can testify against the enemy on the Day of Judgment. | | | It was not obvious to them that they had two Holy Imams (’a) in their presence, still alive, so that they (‘a) would not only live to witness and narrate the events of Karbala, but that they would live to continue the blood-line of the Holy Prophet (sws). | | | The faithful followers of Imam al-Husayn (‘a) and the male members of his Household proved themselves unfailingly brave in their defending of the Holy Imam al-Husayn (‘a) in the killing thirst of the Karbala plains. |
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| | HOLY CITY OF KARBALA, Iraq: Allamah Ash-Sheikh Muhammad Morteza Ash-Shehristani has expired in the holy city of Karbala that houses the holy shrines of Al-Imam Al-Hussein (as) and Hazrat Abbas (as). | | | HOLY CITY OF KARBALA, Iraq: Thousands of mourners on Friday attended the funeral of Ayatullah Sayyid Muhammad Hussein At-Tabatabai in the holy city of Karbala that is home to the holy shrines of Al-Imam Al-Hussein (p) and Hazrat Abbad (p). | | | He was born in the holy city of Karbala, which houses the holy shrines of Hazrat Al-Imam Al-Hussain (AS) and Hazrat Abbas (AS), in 1900 in the home of Ayatullah Sayyid Muhammad Reza Al-Qazweeni (late). |
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| | >>> AsiaNews.it <<< Karbala under pile of rubble, yet freed of Al-Sadr militia |
| | Karbala, the town of golden-domed mosques and where the holy remains of Imam Hussein and his half-brother, Abbas, are buried, will surely return to its original splendor. | | | In general, this is all that is left of city that has hosted millions of Shiite pilgrims from all parts of the world. | | | Al-Mahdi militia head, Ali Al-Khuzali, is on the run, as angry protestors petitioned his rebel units to abandon the holy city last Friday. |
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| | The Trial of Mulla `Alí Bastámí |
| | Commentary: Hasan ibn Sayyid `Alí al-Musawí al-Najafí al-Kharsán was an eminent mujtahid of Najaf who went to Baghdad and resided at Kázimain at the request of the Shí`í tujjár [merchants] of Baghdad. | | | The one who is hopeful of the forgiveness of his Lord, Muhammad the son of the late Shaikh `Alí, may God forgive him, has written this. | | | It was here that he encountered Sayyid `Alí Muhammad Shírází, who, at their first meeting wrote the first sura of the Qayyúm al-asmá' (Commentary on the Qur'ánic Sura of Yúsuf) and put forward his claim. |
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| | Karbala Governorate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Karbala is a holy city for Shi'ite Muslims, and houses the shrine of Imam Hussein (AS), a heavily revered figure in Shi'ite Islam. | | | Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims from Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan flood into the city to visit the shrine. | | | Karbala province, or Al Karbala province, is a province in the nation of Iraq. |
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| | In having his beloved suffer, the divine Beloved seems to show his coquetry, trying and examining their faith and love, and thus even the most cruel manifestations of the battle in which the 'youthful heroes', as Shah Latif calls them, are enmeshed, are signs of divine love. | | | He devoted Sur Kedaro in his Hindi Risalo to the martyrdom of the grandson of the Prophet, and saw the event of Karbala' as embedded in the whole mystical tradition of Islam. | | | You will be enlightened on the significance of the sacrifices made by Imam Hussain and the family of Prophet Mohammad SAWW in the desert of Karbala. |
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| | A GLANCE INTO THE SOURCES ON THE INCIDENT OF ĀSHŪRĀ |
| | The first seven chapters contain the virtues of the Prophet (S), Imam ‘Alí (‘a), Fàtimah Zahrà (‘a), and Hasanayn (‘a) while the rest of the chapters comprise the ahàdíth of the Prophet (S) regarding Imam Husayn (‘a) followed by a narration of the incidents of Karbalà, including the uprising of Mukhtàr. | | | In their view, if any person even showed a preference towards Imam ‘Alí (‘a) over Abê Bakr, ‘Umar, and ‘Uthmàn, notwithstanding the fact that he did not by any means reject Abê Bakr and the rest, he was labeled as a “Shí‘ah Ghàlí” or even a “Ràfizí”. | | | He belonged to an Iraqi family (his grandfather was Mikhnaf bin Salím who was one of the companions of Imam ‘Alí [‘a]) and followed the Kufic form of Tashayyu‘, which was also followed by many of the narrators of ahàdíth of the Kêfah of those times, like A‘mash as well as by many other Iraqis. |
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| | Shia News Europe Saddam's massacre of Shias at Kerbala |
| | The life of Imam Hasan al Mujtaba (A.S). | | | The government later blamed the damage to the shrines in both Karbala and al-Najaf on the rebels, | | | The first assault took place at the office of the Holy Endowments administration (Al-Awqaf) and spread to other government buildings, one refugee from Karbala told Middle East Watch at Qum, Iran. |
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| | Al-Jamait - KARBALA: UNMASKING THE OTHER VILLAINS |
| | Had they only displayed that same spirit of compassion for Husayn radiyallahu 'anhu when he was so much in need of it, the history of Islam might have taken a different course. | | | Retelling the tragedy of Karbala has traditionally been an important feature of Shi’i spirituality. | | | Four years later the Shi’ah of Kufah attempted to make amends for their desertion of the family of Rasulullah sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam. |
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| | Iraq holy festival winds down - Conflict in Iraq - MSNBC.com |
| | KARBALA, Iraq - Tens of thousands of Shiite pilgrims headed home on Sunday after a subdued religious festival overshadowed by a rally in support of a radical Shiite cleric and fears of Sunni militant attacks. | | | Several hundred thousand pilgrims from Iraq and Iran had thronged the street of Karbala for al-Arbaeen, a ceremony that falls 40 days after the Shiite holy day of Ashura -- when suicide bomb attacks on Shiites in Baghdad and Karbala killed 171. | | | "Thanks be to God that nothing has happened until now, but even if there were attacks people would come," said Afdhal al-Shami, head of security for Karbala's Imam Hussein and Imam Abbas shrines. |
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| | Several Shiite clergymen, including Abdul Mahdi al-Karbala'i, the representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani in Karbala, and Muhammad Taqi al-Mudarrisi, leader of the Islamic Action Movement, condemned the council as undemocratically chosen because of the CPA appointments. | | | AFP/ash-Sharq al-Awsat report that Shaykh Abdul Mahdi al-Karbala'i, the representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani in the holy city of Karbala, called on the members of the provincial council there to submit their resignations because "their appointment was by an American decision, and there had been no consultation with the religious leadership [i.e. | | | ash-Sharq al-Awsat/ AFP: Shaikh Abdul Mahdi al-Karbala'i, the representative in Karbala of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, rejected the suggestion by another cleric that the provincial council appointed by CPA official John Berry be submitted to a referendum. |
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| | A bloody clash took place in the Shiite holy city of Karbala on Tuesday between Muqtada al-Sadr's army of the Mahdi and militiamen loyal to Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani. | | | Sistani's forces repulsed the Sadrists, and the Bulgarian forces surrounded Karbala to prevent Sadrists from flocking there from East Baghdad. | | | In June, Sistani and Muqtada had worked out a deal whereby they alternated having their lieutenants preach sermons at the Mosque attached to the shrine of the Imam Husayn in Karbala. |
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| | :: The Independent Voice of Iraq :: IRAQ TODAY :: |
| | Al Sader's men allege that Sistani wants a cover-up. | | | Karbalai insists the real reason for the tensions is that Sader's men want to be in control of the money that comes into the two Shrines in Karbala. | | | But in a surprise move seen as stymieing the effort, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, who controls much of Karbala, has stepped down from the council. |
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| | >>> AsiaNews.it <<< Bomb in Karbala kills al-Sistani aide |
| | Baghdad (AsiaNews/Agencies) — A major terror attack in Shiite holy city of Karbala killed an important aide to grand ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. | | | The blast, which occurred near the Imam Hussein shrine, killed a total of seven people injuring another 31. | | | Meantime, press sources in Baghdad said that an Italian man was killed. |
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| | al-Zaman: On Sunday, Shiite religious authorities in Karbala formally closed the shrines of Imam Husain and his half-brother Abu'l-Fadl Abbas, to pilgrims. | | | U.S. soldiers, militiamen fight near shrines in Karbala | | | Hospital officials said the dead included two Iranian pilgrims. |
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| | This article discusses the term as describing an ethnic group; for a consideration of the religion, please refer to Judaism. | | | The fighting came on a day when hundreds of worshipers poured into two Shiite shrines in Karbala to listen to clerics... | | | (From HOLY KARBALA) - People witnessed on Sunday 28 November, 2004, a miracle of grandson of holy Prophet Muhammad bin Abdullah (p), Chief of Martyrs Al-Imam Al-Hussein bin Ali bin Abi Talib (p), in favor of a young renowned Husseini dirge-chanter Ghassan Al-Karbalayi. |
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| | Aljazeera.Net - Blasts hit Karbala, Najaf |
| | The car bomb blasts were not far from the Imam Ali mosque in Najaf and Imam Husain mosque in Karbala, revered by Muslims in general and Shia Muslims in particular. | | | On Wednesday, a bomb apparently targeting Shia cleric Abd Al-Mahdi al-Karbalai exploded as he was returning to his office after evening prayers at the Imam Husain shrine. | | | The Karbala blast took place near the city's Imam Husain shrine |
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| | Karbala rebuilds after uprising - The Washington Times: World - June 01, 2004 |
| | Karbala and Najaf, an hour away, have three of Shi'ite Islam's most holy sites. | | | The fighting frightened away the Iraqi and foreign religious pilgrims who, since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, had flooded into this city of more than 500,000. | | | The city attracted 5 million pilgrims during the two top Shi'ite holidays this year, said Asfuq al-Saud, governor of Karbala. |
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| | Aljazeera.Net - Talks under way with al-Sadr |
| | Witnesses in Najaf, 160km south of Baghdad, reported fighting on Wednesday between al-Sadr supporters and Spanish and Ecuadoran forces in three neighbourhoods and the road leading north to Karbala. | | | fighting across Najaf, Karbala, Kut, Amara, Falluja, Ramadi, Baquba, Baghdad and Kirkuk. | | | In Karbala, al-Sadr supporters issued an ultimatum on Thursday to occupation forces to withdraw from the holy city where a major religious commemoration is scheduled this weekend. |
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| | Al-Husaini, who studied with Muhammad Sadiq al-Sadr (father of Muqtada), opposes participating in the elections. | | | He added, "We do not want to hold up the process, and we are not asserting that this matter is deliberate. | | | Al-Hayat: The first victim of the electoral campaign in Iraq fell on Saturday in Karbala after a shouting match deteriorated into a knife fight between followers of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani and the cleric, Mahmud al-Husaini. |
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| | Abbas Falih al-Hassani of Karbala's al-Hussein hospital said 12 people died, including two Iranian pilgrims. | | | Hospital officials said the dead included two Iranian pilgrims. | | | The U.S. military says al-Sadr, who is wanted in the murder of a rival moderate cleric last year, must disband his militia. |
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| | U.S. officials and Iraqis open direct negotiations in Fallujah; more kidnappings reported |
| | In the south, the most influential Shiite cleric in Iraq warned the Americans not to enter the holy cities of Najaf and Karbala. | | | On another front, Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani, warned of a strong Shiite response if U.S. forces enter the holy cities of Najaf or Karbala to capture al-Sadr. | | | A U.S. commander said there were no such plans. |
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| | Iraq Karbala News - Media Monitoring Service by EIN News |
| | the three Khalifas out of the four first Khalifas of Islam, the battle of Karbala, the battle of Camel, the conflict between the Shias and the Sunnis, confrontations between... | | | A Strange Combination of Religion & Politics: Challenge to Humanity | | | 12 imams venerated by Shiites are buried in Iraq, in the central cities of Karbala, Najaf and Samarra, and the north Baghdad neighbourhood of Kadhimiya. |
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| | (Azzaman) – Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani’s call for disarmament of the two holy cities of Najaf and Karbala was warmly welcomed in Karbala, which witnessed huge demonstrations of approval. | | | (Al-Sabah) – Early in the morning, hours after agreement by US forces to hold direct negotiations with Muqtada al-Sadr, clashes took place between Muqtada followers and the US army took place close to the holy shrine of Imam al-Hussein in Karbala. | | | The clashes began when an American tank neared the shrine of Imam al-Abbas. |
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| | Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani, warned of a strong Shiite response if U.S. forces enter the holy cities of Najaf or Karbala to capture al-Sadr. | | | Some 2,500 U.S. soldiers are deployed outside Najaf vowing to kill or capture al-Sadr and dismantle his al-Mahdi Army militia. | | | Wanted Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr said negotiations in his standoff with the United States were near collapse. |
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| | Gulf cooperation council (GCC) secretary general Abdurrahman al- Attiyah underlined that Kuwait shouldered its `responsibility in good faith` towards the Iraqi people. | | | Chairman of the KRCS, Barjes Al-Barjes told KUNA that this is the 28th batch of humanita... | | | The governor of the Iraqi city of Karbala Akram Al-Yasari on 18th of December extended the appreciation and gratitude of the Iraqi people to the Kuwait`s position towards his country. |
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| | netWMD - 2,000 Protest Against al-Sadr |
| | Al-Sadr has alienated Iraq’s most prominent Shiite, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani. | | | Despite all the recent chaos in Iraq, the people there seem more and more willing to take matters into their own hands. | | | Obviously, there are Iraqis who are tired of his extremism. |
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| | CBC News:Al-Sadr compares Iraq to Vietnam |
| | BAGHDAD - Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr Wednesday urged his supporters to keep fighting Americans as U.S. soldiers killed 25 members of his militia during fighting in Karbala. | | | In his first news conference since his Mehdi Army militia took control of government and police offices in the cities of Karbala, Najaf and Kufa a month ago, al-Sadr urged his supporters to resist an American invasion. | | | American officials say at least 25 Iraqi fighters were killed. |
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| | And as aside from that, the American occupiers while storming into Iraq and marching towards Baghdad through Najaf and Karbala did not commit the stupidities and insolence with regard to the sanctities in the two holy cities they have committed now. | | | The statement was signed with the collective name of Ulemma of the Hawza Al-Ilmiyyah of Najaf and Karbala and excerpts from it were given to Azzaman (http://www.azzaman.com/) (Translation courtesy of Michael Subotin): | | | The Marji'iyah (senior Shia clerics) of the Najaf Hawza gave a joint response to what Hassan Nasrallah, the General Secretary of Lebanese Hezbollah, had said in his Friday sermon with regard to the situation in Najaf and Karbala. |
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| | Bulgarian Journalists Arrested in Karbala amid Al-Qaeda Hunt |
| | Almost 500 Bulgarian soldiers who are under Polish command are also part of the international peacekeeping forces in Karbala. | | | The equipment was returned to the reporters after they received support from the US and Polish commanders of peacekeepers in the city. | | | · Al Qaeda Threatens Actor Omar Sharif - Report |
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| | The Command Post - Iraq - Karbala Down, Al Kut Ongoing |
| | Posted by: babs at April 2, 2003 01:02 AM MSNBC has also reported the crossing of the Tigress northwest of Al Kut. | | | FOXNews Channel's Bret Bair is reporting that Pentagon officials have confirmed not only that Karbala has been isolated (as reported by Command Post earlier), but also that the 3rd Infantry Division is now driving past Karbala toward Baghdad from the southwest. | | | Unnamed Pentagon officials have further confirmed that the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force has crossed the Tigris west of Al Kut (as we speculated earlier) and that a fierce battle to isolate and contain Al Kut is underway right now. |
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| | They said looting of many trading stores has taken place in Karbala, where the people live in horror in the crossfire between the two fighting sides. | | | Eyewitnesses say Najaf and Karbala have turned into ghost towns, full of empty streets, closed markets and shops, and the students' final exam postponed. | | | (Al-Adala) – Clashes have continued in Najaf and Karbala, with 24 Iraqis and two US troops killed. |
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