September 2, 2006 ☼ Foreign Affairs
This is an archived blog post from The Acorn.
Iraq’s sectarian quagmire claims Indian casualties.
…three Indian and eleven Pakistani pilgrims were shot dead by insurgents in Iraq while they were on their way to the Shiite holy city of Karbala, about 80 km from Baghdad.
Unidentified gunmen freed the women and children before killing the men “execution-style,” reports reaching here from Baghdad said. [Rediff]
© Copyright 2003-2024. Nitin Pai. All Rights Reserved.