Above: An Iraqi soldier directs Shi'ite pilgrims A suicide bomber kills at least 40 people at a Shi'ite rest stop outside the Hateen Apartments in Iskandiriyah City, Iraq. 25 out of the 60 more that were hurt are critically injured in the attack. The bombing vistims include women and children. According to a United States military official, 42,000 pilgrims are gathered in the vicinity – all are walking towards Karbala City to attend the Arba’een ceremony of this Sunday. Arba’een is a Shi'a religious ... Read More

File Photo: car bomb in Baghdad Another suicide bomber set off an explosion on Monday as he drove his car near a Canadian troop convoy. The attack happened on a crowded border town street and killed 36 civilians. The explosion wounded three Canadian soldiers that are part of the NATO's International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. Much more of the wounded however were innocent bystanders. The day before, another suicide bomber blew himself up at a dogfighting event. The death toll from that incident ... Read More

Above: Benazir Bhuto Two suspects had already confessed Wednesday that they armed the suicide bomber that killed Benazir Bhutto. Hasnain Gul and Rafaqat were part of a team of five men who were behind the former prime minister’s assassination. Investigators named a certain Karamullah as one of the two remaining suspects who are still at large. The fifth member, of course, was the suicide bomber himself. They identified the bomber by two aliases, Saeed and Bilal. Lead investigator Chaudhry Abdul Majeed said that these ... Read More