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To: Alighieri who wrote (456156)	2/13/2009 10:41:48 AM
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Female suicide bomber kills 40 Feb 13 10:18 AM US/Eastern By HAMID AHMED Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD (AP) - A female suicide bomber attacked a tent filled with women and children resting from a pilgrimage to a Shiite holy city south of Baghdad on Friday, killing 40 people and injuring 60 others, said officials. It was the deadliest attack in Iraq this year and the third straight day of bombings against Shiite pilgrims. The tent where the bomber detonated her explosives was located on a route to Karbala, where hundreds of thousands of Shiite pilgrims will converge for an important religious ceremony on Monday, said a police official. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media. Separate tents for men and women are set up along the road to Karbala to offer pilgrims food, drinks and a place to rest. Interior Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Abdul-Karim Khalaf confirmed the attack and said security officials were rushing to the scene, located between the cities of Mussayib and Iskandariyah about 40 miles (65 kilometers) south of Baghdad. Mohammed Abbas, a medical official in Mussayib, said most of the dead and wounded from the attack were women and children.