Karbala
Dec 17 2010, Danny

Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) — Iraqi authorities arrested 80 people suspected of plotting attacks in the southern city of Karbala, where authorities said as many as 2 million pilgrims were gathering for the Shiite Muslim ceremonies of Ashura.

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Youssef al-Haboubi, who won the most votes in provincial elections to become the governor of Karbala, sits under a portrait of Imam Hussein at his home in Karbala, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, March 14, 2009. The 51-year-old.