Hundreds of thousands of Shiite Muslims flock at this time in the holy city of Iraq for a weekend which will be marked on Saturday by the feast of the Arbaïn end of mourning for Imam Hussein bin Ali, and point highlight of the Shiite holy week.
Sunni jihadist Islamic State Group agreed, according to the Iraqi authorities carry out attacks on this occasion.
"Our duty is to protect the pilgrims, said the soldier, and we join why the federal police and command of Baghdad. We are on red alert until the end of the ritual. "
25,000 police officers and soldiers were deployed. Millions of visitors are expected. For some, this pilgrimage has a special meaning:
"We came here in defiance Daesh and terrorism, says a pilgrim. We challenged them and God thank you, there's nothing happening. "
The crowd should be especially important this year in Karbala, the authorities have decided to exceptionally free entry visa to Iraq.
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