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Although it is an article of faith in certain circles that Iraq was better off under Saddam Hussein, some of the Shi’ite pilgrims headed for Karbala don’t think so. According to the Courier Mail:
“It doesn’t matter if we are attacked. We want to receive martyrdom … to go on such a pilgrimage at this time is a response to Zarqawi’s threats. He will not stop us from observing our rituals. The situation under … Hussein was worse and more dangerous. … But even under Saddam, this didn’t stop us from going.”
Wearing a white shroud over his clothes as a symbol of his readiness to die, Hussein Nuthair, 22, marched with 10 friends from a Baghdad neighbourhood. “We have no fear and do not worry about Zarqawi or his followers. We carry no weapons and have no fear of dying,” he said.
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“It doesn’t matter if we are attacked. We want to receive martyrdom … to go on such a pilgrimage at this time is a response to Zarqawi’s threats. He will not stop us from observing our rituals. The situation under … Hussein was worse and more dangerous. … But even under Saddam, this didn’t stop us from going.”
Wearing a white shroud over his clothes as a symbol of his readiness to die, Hussein Nuthair, 22, marched with 10 friends from a Baghdad neighbourhood. “We have no fear and do not worry about Zarqawi or his followers. We carry no weapons and have no fear of dying,” he said.
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