Preparing to bury the dead in Iraq. On Monday 22 Iraqi Shi'ite pilgrims were killed by gunmen in an ambush in the Sunni heartland province of Anbar. The pilgrims were traveling from the southern Iraqi city of Kerbala to Syria when they were shot at a checkpoint set up by the gunmen, Relatives are still asking questions. SOUNDBITE: Relative of victim Karim al-Habobi, saying: (Arabic): "It is a massacre. They were traveling from Syria on an insecure road. Where is the government and where is the amy?" Although violence in Iraq is off of its peak levels, bombings and killings remain a daily occurrence more than eight years after the U.S.-led invasion. Local authorities suspect Al-qaeda was behind the attack The sprawling desert province of Anbar was home to the Sunni Islamist insurgency after the invasion and its main cities, Ramadi and Falluja, witnessed some of the fiercest fighting of the war. Deborah Lutterbeck, Reuters.
