Millions Of Pilgrims Flock To Karbala To Commemorate The Death Of Imam Hussein

Iraqi city of Karbala, south of Baghdad continues to receive millions of pilgrims Iraqis, Arabs and foreigners in preparation for the commemoration of the death of Imam Hussein, Monday, November 21, 2016, with the intensification of security measures, according to a local security sources.

And it salutes the millions of Shiites on Monday Muslims anniversary of the death of Imam Hussein bin Ali (third imams infallible Shiite Twelver), grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, who was killed by the Umayyad caliph army of Yazid, in an incident tuff in the year 680 AD, the city of Karbala, south of Baghdad.




This is the anniversary of the most hauntingly Shiites occasions, he remembers the return of the head of the imam and his companions at Karbala of succession headquarters in Damascus, as the return of the captives, the Imam's family, buried the victims of the incident.

President of the provincial council in Karbala Nassif rhetorical and predicted that "the number of visitors arrive today (Sunday) and the next night to more than 17 million visitors, of whom three million Arab and foreign."

Khattabi said that "Karbala on high alert to accommodate large numbers of visitors to provide services to them."

And spread to the province of Karbala, more than eight thousand a service in addition to the parade, "efforts thresholds Husseinia and Abbasid to provide food, drink and places of rest and medical services and fuel services" to crowds of visitors, according to his speech.

In the meantime, the security forces have stepped up their actions in the province of Karbala in order to protect visitors from any potential attacks.

He explained the commander of operations Euphrates Major General Qais behind Clement told AFP that "security forces entered into a state of maximum alert."

He added that "it was stressed at the entrances to Karbala, the three axes on the one hand Baghdad to the north and east of Babylon and Najaf in the south."




And prevent the entry of all types of vehicles once and for all to the old city, except for ambulances and other clean-up, according to the source.

It participated helicopters for the Army Aviation during the night of Saturday and Sunday, as well as reconnaissance planes to monitor the process of the province of Karbala axes, according to the same source.

The anniversary comes this year, while Iraqi security forces have been backed by the international coalition led by the United States, large-scale military operation to free the city of Mosul, the last stronghold of the organization of the Islamic state in northern Iraq.