Attacks kill 15 as Iraqi pilgrims gather - Scotsman

By Alister Bull BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen, some on rooftops, ambushed Shi'ite pilgrims walking in their tens of thousands to a sacred shrine for a major festival in Baghdad, killing up to 20 and wounding more than 300, Iraqi officials said. "Most of the attacks are taking place when pilgrims are crossing the neighbouring areas into Kadhimiya," a Health Ministry spokesman said, referring to the northern suburb where the shrine is the focal point of the two-day religious ceremony. Twenty pilgrims ...