IRAQ: COALITION AND IRAQI SECURITY FORCES IN KERBALA AS SHI'ITES GATHER FOR THE ASHURA RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE.

Record ID: 648361

  • Title: IRAQ: COALITION AND IRAQI SECURITY FORCES IN KERBALA AS SHI'ITES GATHER FOR THE ASHURA RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE.
  • Date: 29th February 2004
  • Summary: (U4) KERBALA, 110 KM SOUTH OF BAGHDAD, IRAQ (FEBRUARY 29-2004) (REUTERS) 1. WS: POLISH SOLDIER MANNING CHECKPOINT ON THE ROAD TO KERBALA. 0.06 2. SCU: OF POLISH SOLDIER. 0.10 3. WS: POLISH SOLDIER AND IRAQI SECURITY FORCES MANNING CHECKPOINT ON ROAD TO KERBALA. 0.18 4. WS/MV: IRAQI SECURITY FORCES SEARCHING CAR. ( 2 SHOTS) 0.29 5. MV: POLISH SOLDIER CONTROLLING TRAFFIC. 0.39 6. SCU: ARMOURED VEHICLE WITH MOUNTED MACHINE-GUN. 0.45 7. WS: ENTRANCE TO KERBALA. 0.51 8. CU: BANNER AT ENTRANCE TO KERBALA WITH VERSES FROM QURAN. 0.56 9. MV: OF IRAQI POLICE BODY SEARCHING PEOPLE. 1.07 10. WS/MV:PROCESSION OF CHILDREN CARRYING PLANTS AND A YOUNG MAN IN TRADITIONAL ARAB CUSTOM RIDING HORSE HEADING TOWARDS IMAM HUSSEIN SHRINE SURROUNDED BY MEN IN BLACK FLOGGING THEIR BACKS WITH CHAINS. (2 SHOTS) 1.19 11. VARIOUS: MEN FLOGGING THEIR BACKS WITH CHAINS. (3 SHOTS) 1.46 12. SCU: WOMEN IN TRADITIONAL CLOTHING WITH OTHERS CRYING. 1.51 13. WS: YOUNG MAN ON HORSE ENTERING IMAM HUSSEIN SHRINE WITH MEN FLOGGING THEIR BACKS. 1.57 14. MV: MEN FLOGGING THEIR BACKS WITH CHAINS. 2.09 15. MV: MEN FLOGGING THEIR BACKS WITH CHAINS AND IRAQI SECURITY FORCES NEARBY. 2.16 16. MLV: IRAQI SECURITY FORCES SECURING ENTRANCE TO SHRINE. 2.20 17. HAS: STREET SCENE SHOWING SHRINE. 2.29 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 15th March 2004 12:00
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  • Location: KERBALA, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVA41EQ8UN6TIZTG4322WLQFDYOA
  • Story Text: Coalition and Iraqi security forces on alert in
    Kerbala as Shi'ites gather for Ashura religious observance.



    Mindful of the fact that rebels often attack Iraqi
    and coalition targets on significant dates, coalition
    forces and Iraqi security forces enforced security measures
    in Kerbala, 110 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad on
    Sunday (February 29), ahead of this year's Ashura religious
    observance.

    Ashura is the culmination of 10 days of mourning,
    beginning at the start of the Islamic month of Muharram,
    for the death of Imam Hussein bin Ali and Imam al-Abbas,
    the grandsons of the Prophet Mohammed, who died at the
    hands of the Umayyads led by Caliph Yazid on the 10th of
    Muharram (October 10, 680 AD) after a 10-day siege at the
    battle of Kerbala.

    Numbers of Iraqi and Iranian pilgrims in Kerbala have
    now swelled to tens of thousands with the approach of the
    end of the ceremony. Millions are expected by Monday.

    By beating their chests and chanting religious slogans,
    the men and young boys relive the pain suffered by Imam
    al-Hussein and Imam al-Abbas and their 72 followers.



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