Locals inspect the site of a car bomb attack at Palestine Street in Baghdad yesterday. At least five Shia worshipers were killed and 19 wounded in a car bomb attack that targeted a tent built to celebrate the annual Ashura festival. Bombs targeting pilgrims also killed 27 in the Al-Ilam area in southwest Baghdad and Sadr City. Iraqi authorities in Karbala have deployed 30,000 troops in the run-up to the festival.
