Karbala, Iraq

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I hope this boy survived today's bombing. From Iraqslogger:

At least 55 people were killed and 158 more were wounded on Saturday in a car bomb blast in the holy Shiite city of Karbala, a medical source said. "The casualties ofthe car bomb blast that occurred on Saturday afternoon near Imam Abbas Shrine in Karbala reached 55 dead and 158 wounded," Saleem kadhem, media official at Karbala health department, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). He added "among the casualties were women and children." Earlier, an eyewitness told VOI "a car bomb exploded near the gates of Qiblat al-Imam al-Abbas." The Qiblat al-Imam al-Abbas is 300 meters south of al-Marqad, the tomb of Imam al-Hussein, a holy shrine for Shiites in Karbala. The police did not comment on the incident.