By Prensa Latina,
Baghdad : Three suicide attacks left 20 dead and over 60 wounded in Baghdad among events that fuel insecurity in Iraq.
The Police said a woman set off a suicide vest amid a group of Shiite pilgrims that honored the death of Imam Musa al-Kadhim at Kahramana plaza.
Aswat AlIraq news agency reported twin blasts at the National Theater and Al-Alawiya telephone Co. when a group of faithful readied to worship Ja far al-Sadiq, seventh of 12 Shiite Imams.
The attacks occurred when a group of faithful headed to Kadhimiyah sanctuary, north Baghdad, to honor another anniversary of the death of al-Kadhim in the year 799.
The military that doubled vigilance during the procession denied the deaths at first and stressed they would preserve peace.
Shiite pilgrims have been frequent target of armed groups since the beginning of the US invasion of Iraq on March 2003.
A tribal leader from the Sahwa militias died Monday of shut gun fire at a check point in al-Latifiya, north of the southern Babel province.
One dead and three wounded were the turn out of fire exchange between Sahwa Council Militias and the police in al-Fadl, bastion of the groups fighting pro-US Iraqis and US occupation forces.