ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center
SOURCE: UPI
26January2011 5:35pmEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE:
BAGHDAD, Jan. 26 -- Militants who targeted the holy city of Karbala in Iraq won't escape without 
facing the brunt of national security forces, the prime minister said.
Two car bombs exploded Monday as Shiite pilgrims traveled to Karbala to mark Arbaeen, the end of the 40-day mourning period for the Shiite martyr Imam Hussein.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki responded in a statement by saying attacks on Iraqi holy sites won't go unpunished, the Voices of Iraq news agency reports.
"The cowardly crimes, committed by terrorists and their supporters against the visitors of Imam Hussein's shrine won't pass without punishment and our armed forces and security bodies must continue their efforts till they (up)root the evil tree of terrorism," he was quoted as saying. (read full report)
