  Iraqi Shias participate in a procession to commemorate Ashura , the day in which Al-Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Mohamed was killed by forces of the Sunni Caliph Yazid in Karbala. Pilgrims carry a poster of Al-Hussein's decapitated head, in the site of Karbala itself, which every year becomes the destination for thousands of mourning Shias (photos: AP & AFP) parent page (1 - 7 February 2007, issue #830) |