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A Shiite pilgrim flails himself with silver blades, 28 January 2007 outside Imam al-Hussein's shrine in the holy city of Karbala, central Iraq. The tradition is a type of punishment for the failure to save Hussein's life in the battle in 680 AD in Karbala. Hundreds of thousands of Shiites are marking the annual ten-day mourning period of Ashura, which commemorates the seventh-century slaying of Prophet Mohammed's grandson Imam Hussein in Karbala. AFP PHOTO/ALI AL-SAADI
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2007-01-28
AFP/EAST NEWS
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ALI AL-SAADI
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