PHOTO: AFP/EAST NEWS Muslim Shiite pilgrims visit the Imam Abbas shrine in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala, 110 kms (70 miles) south of Baghdad, to mark the Shiite mourning day of Arbaeen on February 4, 2010. Arbaeen marks 40 days after the Ashura anniversary commemorating the slaying of one of Shiite Islam's most revered figures, Imam Hussein, by the armies of the Sunni caliph Yazid in 680 AD. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED SAWAF