Millions march to shrine at Karbala amid hopes for freedom
About one million Shiite pilgrims converge on Karbala to mourn a revered saint and celebrate post-Saddam freedoms. Clerics Sistani and Sadr unify to guide the pilgrimage with volunteers from Hawza. U.S. forces largely unseen. Anti American sentiment surfaces among worshippers as Baghdad oversees a tense flowering of postwar politics.
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Iran
Jay Garner
Saddam
USA
Cash in Iraq: U S notes found amid sanctions crackdown
Investigators in Iraq and the United States trace hundreds of millions in U S currency uncovered there despite sanctions. They explore cash smuggling, illicit deals, sham firms, and middlemen outside Iraq as officials seek to map money trails and verify counterfeit risks.
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Los Angeles
U.S. Cuften
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Power returns as Baghdad lights up after blackout
Residents celebrate electricity returning to most of Baghdad after a three week outage. Amid relief and gunfire, many remain without power water and phones as cholera and typhoid cases surface and water plants stay offline.
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Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Tigris River
Saddam
Yosra As‘aad
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