26 die as last day of Iraq pilgrimage hit by bombs

By KAY JOHNSONSINAN SALAHEDDIN

Published June 16, 2012 8:49pm ET

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26 die as last day of Iraq pilgrimage hit by bombs — Iraqi security forces and civilians inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in the Kazimiyah area of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, June 16, 2012. Car bombs targeting religious processions in Iraq's capital killed and wounded scores of people on the last day of a Shiite pilgrimage already hit three times in some of the deadliest violence since American troops withdrew, police said. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) | Hadi Mizban

BAGHDAD (AP) — Two car bombs in Iraq’s capital killed at least 26 people Saturday on the last day of a Shiite pilgrimage already hit by multiple bombings. The blasts, one in a heavily guarded area close to a revered shrine, raised the week’s death toll to more than 100 and cast further doubt on the divided government’s ability to secure the country after the American withdrawal.

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