Baghdad - Two bombs ripped through two army vehicles in Iraq's Diyala province on Thursday,

Baghdad  - Thousands of Iraqi Shiites gathered in the central Iraqi city of Karbala on Wednesday in an annual religious observance known as Ashura.

The pilgrimage starts on the first day of the Islamic Hijri year and culminates on the 10th day, known as Ashura, when Shiites mourn the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of Islam's prophet Mohammed, at the 7th century battle of Karbala.

Men marched down the streets of Karbala, whipping their backs with chains and sobbing as blood covered their bodies and faces. Others tapped their chests in a steady rhythm.

Baghdad - Seven persons were injured on Tuesday in a car bomb blast in the n

Baghdad - A series of six explosions ripped through Baghdad Monday, killing one and injuring 27 amidst events surrounding the commemoration of Muslim holidays.

The fatality occurred after a roadside bomb planted near a playground in Baghdad's Zayouna area went off, killing one civilian and wounding six others.

Another five civilians were wounded in a car bomb explosion in southern Baghdad, a police source said.

"A car rigged with explosives went off in Abu Dashier region in southern Baghdad, injuring five civilians," the source told Voices of Iraq news agency.

He did not give further details.

Baghdad - A suicide bomb blast on Sunday killed at least 40 people and wounded 79 in the Kadhimiya area of northern Baghdad, with most of the victims Iranian pilgrims, the Voices of Iraq news agency reported, citing a security source.

The agency said the attack was carried out by a female suicide bomber. The woman wearing an explosives belt blew herself up at a joint army-police checkpoint in the Kadhimiya area, the source told the agency.

According to the source, most of the casualties were Iranian pilgrims who were among the many foreigners who had come to commemorate the Shiite festival of Ashoura at the shrine of Imam Musa al-Kadhim, in the Baghdad district bearing his name.

Baghdad - A suicide bomb blast on Sunday killed at least 40 people and wounded 65 in the Kadhimiya area of northern Baghdad, with most of the victims Iranian pilgrims, the Voices of Iraq news agency reported, citing a security source.

The agency said the attack was carried out by a female suicide bomber. The woman wearing an explosives belt blew herself up at a joint army-police checkpoint in the Kadhimiya area, the source told the agency.

According to the source, most of the casualties were Iranian pilgrims who were among the many foreigners who had come to commemorate the Shiite festival of Ashoura at the shrine of Imam Musa al-Kadhim, in the Baghdad district bearing his name.