Karbala carnage
The carnage in Karbala in Baghdad by rocket attacks and bomb explosions which killed 185 people and injured several hundred others on the day of Ashura is so appalling that we are stunned and just cannot believe that this sort of an incident could happen. In Pakistan, a Shia procession was attacked by gunmen in which 50 people lost their lives and many more were injured.
We are feeling very sad, the Iraqis had suffered so much and their agony is still not over. We urge the people of Iraq to remain calm, try to understand that a third party is trying to instigate a civil war. So Shiites, Sunnis, Kurds all should remain together and thwart the loathsome plan. In our country Shiites and Sunnis live side by side in peace and harmony. Ashura is a public holiday, it should be like this everywhere.
The US has attacked Iraq unjustly. They have come to stay, they will create chaos and anarchy so that they will have an excuse to stay there for a longer time.
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