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| Iraq |
| 15,000 security elements deployed in Karbala |
| 2010-09-01 |
| KARBALA / Aswat al-Iraq: A total of 15,000 security elements have been deployed in Karbala within a tight security plan to secure the province on the occasion of the end of Ramadan and Imam Ali anniversary, a member of the Karbala council’s security committee said on Tuesday. “Security authorities, in cooperation with the local government, have mapped out a comprehensive security plan within preparations for the end of Ramadan and the anniversary of Imam Ali,” Jassem al-Fatlawi told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. The night of Ramadan 21 coincides with the anniversary of the death of Imam Ali Ibn Abi Taleb, the Prophet Muhammad’s cousin, the fourth Orthodox Caliph and the top holiest figure for Shiite Muslims, who has been assassinated by Abdulrahman Ibn Muljam, one of the Kharijites (rebels), on Ramadan 19, 40 on the Muslim Hegira calendar at al-Kufa Mosque. |
| Posted by:Steve White |