Ibn Khaldun wrote his penetrating works on the philosophy of history some 700 years after Karbala.
In the south, Shiite rebels controlled major cities such as Karbala, Najaf, and Basra.
In the coming week, 2 million Shiites are expected to attend services in Najaf and Karbala.
U.S. forces have been engaging Muqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army in Najaf, Karbala and Kufa.
American forces launched further attacks on the militia led by Muqtada al-Sadr in Karbala and Najaf.
In the holy Shiite city of Karbala, drivers burned tires in front of gas stations in protest.
Inspectors visited the site -- referred to as the Karbala Ammunition Filling Plant -- on February 23.
Troops found the mobile laboratories near a weapons plant outside Karbala, about 50 miles south of Baghdad.
Karbala has also been encircled in a three-hour battle that was supposed to have been very severe.
He's still far behind, but not through lack of trying in places like Baghdad, Karbala and Najaf.
More than a million pilgrims had gathered in Karbala, a city of about 750, 000, by Tuesday, said Brig.
Karbala is a Shiite holy city, southwest of the capital city of Baghdad.
An explosion in Karbala on Thursday killed at least five Shiite pilgrims and wounded 50 near a shrine.
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He died in battle in the seventh century and is buried in Karbala.
U.S. commanders told him that elements of the 3rd Infantry had moved into Karbala overnight, where they encountered Iraqi troops.
The pilgrimage to Karbala is, in part, atonement for the failure of the pilgrims' ancestors to come to Hussein's aid.
The device exploded in a car park at 17:00 (14:00 GMT) as pilgrims returned from the holy city of Karbala.
Monday, a 30-strong Apache helicopter group was met with a "wall of gunfire" near Karbala, and several choppers were hit.
Other bombs went off at markets in Diwaniyah and Karbala, and in a Shia neighbourhood of the Sunni-dominated town of Mahmoudiya.
The refusal to publicly acknowledge the events of 1971 is indicative of the Karbala Syndrome at work in the Pakistani society.
According to historical accounts, Imam Hussein was killed in a battle near Karbala, where he was overwhelmingly outnumbered by Yazeed's army.
This, after five American soldiers were killed in Karbala, an attack that Iraqi and American officials believe was linked to Iran.
It is known that some elements of the Republican Guard's crack Medina Division were near Karbala, about 40 miles closer to Baghdad.
The assaults, which unfolded simultaneously Monday, apparently stemmed from outrage over a story seen as critical toward a Shiite cleric in Karbala.
For decades, Saddam and his Baath Party prevented pilgrims from entering Karbala.
But the south has long been a destination for Shia Muslim pilgrims wanting to visit the holy sites at Najaf and Karbala.
Carts, motorcycles and bicycles were banned from Baghdad streets Saturday evening to protect Shiite pilgrims trekking south to Karbala for a pilgrimage.
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