Pilgrims Under the Bombs Heading for Shiite Iraq

El Pais

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It is hard to breathe with dozens of bodies pressing on all sides. The easiest thing is to get carried away by a compact black wave of abayas and chadors. It is the older women who advance with more determination through the security queues, where the guards carry out an exhaustive search of bodies and record of bags. The elderly also mark the passage to the cry of religious slogans that chant the rest. They advance barefoot in the mausoleum of …