Shiite Festival Attack

Bleeding Iraqi Shiite Muslims chant and raise daggers and swords, after repeatedly hitting their heads with the blades to show religious devotion, during the annual ritual marking Ashoua Day, in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, Iraq, Tuesday, March 2, 2004.

The flash from an explosion is seen between two buildings in the holy city of Karbala, Iraq, Tuesday, March 2, 2004, during the holy day of Ashoura, a Shiite festival. A series of coordinated blasts struck major Shiite Muslim shrines in Karbala and Baghdad Tuesday as pilgrims converged on the climactic day of the sect's most important religious festival. Scores were killed and wounded, witnesses said.

Moments after the attacks, a youth runs past the victims and burning debris at the site of several bomb blasts, which exploded in densely-occupied areas, during the holy day of Ashoura, a Shiite festival, in the holy city of Karbala, Iraq, Tuesday, March 2, 2004.

Moments after the attacks, people walk stunned among the victims and burning debris at the site of several bomb blasts, which exploded in densely-occupied areas, during the holy day of Ashoura, a Shiite festival, in Karbala, Iraq, Tuesday, March 2, 2004.

Women react near the scene of several bomb during the holy day of Ashoura, a Shiite festival, in Karbala, Iraq, Tuesday, March 2, 2004.

A U.S. soldier prepares to extinguish a fire that engulfed a Hummer military vehicle following an attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday morning, March 2, 2004, killing a U.S. soldier.

Iraqis assist a wounded man from among the victims and debris left by one of several bomb blasts, which exploded in densely-occupied areas, during Ashoura, a Shiite festival, in Karbala, Iraq, Tuesday, March 2, 2004.

Iraqis carry a victim to a hospital as U.S. soldiers rush to the scene moments after a series of explosions near a Shiite mosque in Khadimiya in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March 2, 2004. Multiple explosions rocked the capital and the Shiite holy city of Karbala. Scores of people were killed and injured as Shiites marked the final day of Ashoura, the 10-day mourning of the death of one of their important saints, Imam Hussein.

Iraqis load into an ambulance a victim of one of several bomb blasts, which exploded in densely-occupied areas, during the holy Shiite festival of Ashoura, in Karbala, Iraq, Tuesday, March 2, 2004.

Iraqis attack a man, center, with shaved head, partly hidden by man in blue shirt, whom they suspect of being involved in the attack of several bomb blasts Tuesday in Karbala, Iraq. The bombs exploded in densely-occupied areas during the holy day of Ashoura, a Shiite festival.

An angry mob of Iraqis throw rocks at U.S. troops after retreating back to their camp following a series of explosions near a Shiite mosque in Khadimiya in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March 2, 2004.

A U.S. Army soldier takes cover at the entrance of Camp Bonzai after a stone-throwing mob attacked U.S. forces near the base Tuesday, March 2, 2004. Soldiers had been treating Iraqis injured from multiple explosions at the nearby Imam Kadhim Shrine when the mob attacked the troops and chased them back to the base.

An injured Iraqi is treated after a stone-throwing mob attacked U.S. forces oustside Camp Bonzai in Baghdad Tuesday, March 2, 2004.

U.S. Army soldiers detain an Iraqi after after a stone-throwing mob attacked U.S. forces outside Camp Bonzai in Baghdad Tuesday, March 2, 2004.

An injured Shiite pilgrim is taken to a hospital after several explosions at a shrine in Baghdad Tuesday, March 2, 2004.

A U.S. Army soldier guards the entrance of Camp Bonzai after a stone-throwing mob attacked U.S. forces near the base Tuesday, March 2, 2004.

An Iraqi boy grieves following multiple explosions in Baghdad Tuesday, March 2, 2004, where Muslim Shiites had been visiting a shrine, marking the final day of Ashoura, the ten day mourning of the death of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the prophet Muhammad.

An armed Iraqi policeman looks at a pile of bodies which were loaded onto an ambulance after being retrieved from the site of an explosion in Baghdad's Khadimiya district Tuesday March 2, 2004.

An Iraqi woman pleads to get inside a hospital near Khadimiya section of Baghdad, Tuesday, March 2, 2004, where two women from her family were being treated for injuries from a bombing at a Shiite shrine.

As a crowd jeers, U.S. Army soldiers prepare to pull back to their base after stone-throwing mob attacked U.S. forces outside Camp Bonzai in Baghdad Tuesday, March 2, 2004.

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