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Iraq
Source: Million of Arbaeen Pilgrims arrived in Babel province
2014-12-04
[IraqiNews.com] A Police source within Baghdad Police Command revealed to IraqiNews.com that some of the Pilgrims of Arbaeen has arrived in Babel province.

The source added to IraqiNews.com The number of the arrived Pilgrims to Babel is more than one Million pilgrims.
In the middle of a war -- are they mad?!
Still, there's this comfort:
Health Ministry announces completing preparations for Arbaeen Pilgrimage

[IraqiNews.com] The Minister of Health, Adela Hamod, assured completing all the preparations related to Arbaeen pilgrimage for Karbala health department.

Hamod reported in a statement received by Iraqi News The allocations assigned to this event are not enough to meet all the needs since the financial budget of the State is not endorsed yet.

The Ministry of Health took a loan to meet the needs required to Arbaeen pilgrimage and allocated a IQD one billion from the revenues of public clinics, the statement added.

The MoH obtained the consent of the Council of Ministers to allocate more funds from the operating budget to the health departments including the health department of Karbala province, she concluded.
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#1  A million pilgrims from Iran
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2014-12-04 06:51  

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