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Iraq: Bombs Kill 140 at Shrine Suicide bombings and mortar attacks in Iraq leave more than 140 people dead and hundreds wounded in Baghdad and the holy city of Karbala. The nearly simultaneous attacks targeted Shiite shrines, where more than 2 million Shiite Muslims -- many of them pilgrims -- had come to observe the holy day of Ashoura. NPR's Ivan Watson reports.

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Bombs Kill 140 on Shiite Holy Day in Iraq

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Iraq: Bombs Kill 140 at Shrine

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Suicide bombings and mortar attacks in Iraq leave more than 140 people dead and hundreds wounded in Baghdad and the holy city of Karbala. The nearly simultaneous attacks targeted Shiite shrines, where more than 2 million Shiite Muslims — many of them pilgrims — had come to observe the holy day of Ashoura. NPR's Ivan Watson reports.