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Iraq ratchets up security for Shiite pilgrimage

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Uploaded by on Jul 17, 2009

100,000 Iraqi police were on high alert Friday as a spate of attacks coincided with a major Shiite religious festival. Tens of thousands of pilgrims have been arriving in Baghdad from around the country to commemorate Imam Mussa al-Kadhim in the northern Baghdad district named after him, Kadhimiyah. Attacks in and around the capital have already killed two people and wounded 24.

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