Truth on Iraq war

A series of attacks against Shiite pilgrims in the last three days killed 68 people in Baghdad, security forces said Thursday, dealing expose the continuing ability of insurgent bloodshed.The number of casualties was yet another blow to the leaders of a

country that is pursued by religious conflict and emerged only a caretaker government for more

than four months after a general election in which no clear

winner.Nearly half of those killed - 28

- died Wednesday night when a

suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt struck one filled with pilgrims to Adhamiya, a Sunni

neighborhood across the Tigris from Kadhimiyah, north of the capital.
Kadhimiyah is having Musa Kazim, the seventh of 12 imams revered in Shiite Islam, who was poisoned in 799 AD, and honor

the deaths of pilgrims in recent days the name.
Many of the faithful to reach a bridge between the two adjacent circles around the shrine. The bomber also wounded 136 people, while 11 others were killed in other attacks in the capital

Wednesday.The new death toll was posted on Thursday, as tens of

thousands of Shiites have begun to disperse from the sanctuary and the way back in chaotic scenes as thousands of them sought a lift pass cars and buses.
killed four bombings in the capital on Thursday nine people and

brought

the number of wounded at more than 400 people since Tuesday, the official said.
A bomb in the central district of Bab al-Muazam killed four people

and 46 wounded, while a second bomb has

killed three South Mashtal and wounded 31,

said a security official.The Shiite

majority in Iraq have a main objective of the Sunni Arab armed

groups since the U.S. invasion in 2003 toppled dictator Saddam Hussein's regime now dominated by Sunnis were executed.Pilgrimages to Holy Shiite sites have been hit several times.Tens of thousands of Shiite faithful streamed to Baghdad in recent days amid tight security for the pilgrimage.
Traffic was banned on Tuesday on several bridges over the Tigris,

which is already severe congestion in the

capital, where control of vehicles already hundreds of security controls is complex.Cars and motorcycles were also banned, but even stronger measures to protect against them, as the

mausoleum, which had traveled in particular.
In April 2009, two female

suicide bombers detonated their payloads in the vicinity of the shrine, killing 65 people, including 20 Iranian

pilgrims and

wounded 120 others.
But the threat of violence can not dent the enthusiasm of the

faithful to pray, some are planning a breakthroughin the deadlocked political situation that the

new government after parliamentary elections took seventh office were blocked in March.Iyad Allawi, a Shiite former prime minister, insists that the

proximity of elections in the winner should he

become prime minister, given his broad secular Iraqiya coalition

had strong support in Sunni-majority

provinces.He warned that violation of Sunni Arab voters was well

represented in the power of sectarian violence that has killed tens of

thousands in the years after the fall of Saddam looked to see a spark.Allawi urged to remain tight in the office of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of the

Shiite alliance towards the right to second place in

the election,

but the incumbent is fighting hard and a second term.U. S. Vice President Joe Biden visits weekend of three days in Baghdad,

appealed to Mr.

Al

lawi, Maliki and other political leaders to compromise and end a political vacuum that is that

combat troops U.S. leave the country.
There are currently 77,500 U.S. troops in Iraq, but that number is 50,000 to 31 fall in August

withdraw combat troops,

so that training of 50,000 strong work force to provide advice and extract in December 2011.