Damn you Great Satan America:Deadly blast hits pilgrims as Iraq unrest kills 15

A suicide bomber detonated an explosives belt among Shiite pilgrims in Iraq on Thursday, killing at least 10 people, while militants shot dead a family of five, security officials said.
The attack on the pilgrims in the Dura area of south Baghdad took place at a tent where they are served food and drinks on their way to the shrine city of Karbala, and also wounded at least 21 people, officials said.
Hundreds of thousands of people make pilgrimages to Karbala, many of them on foot, during the 40 days after the annual commemoration marking the martyrdom of the Prophet Mohammed’s grandson, known to Shiites as Imam Hussein (PBUH).
The 40th day, known as Arbaeen, falls on December 23 this year.
Foreign backed terrorist groups, including those linked to Al-Qaeda, frequently target Iraqi civilians to shatter the security of the country.
The throngs of pilgrims on the roads make for an easy target, and they have been hit by a series of attacks in recent days.
On Wednesday, a suicide bomber targeted Shiite pilgrims in Khales, north of Baghdad, killing five people and wounding 10.
On Tuesday, two attacks against pilgrims in and near Baghdad killed at least eight people, and on Monday two car bombs targeting pilgrims south of the capital killed at least 24 people.
Also on Thursday, militants dressed in army uniforms attacked the house of an anti-Al-Qaeda militiaman in the Abu Ghraib area west of Baghdad, killing him, his wife and their three children.
Violence in Iraq has surged this year under support of some foreign regimes aimed at increasing brutal sectarian conflict in the war-hit country.