Abduredha Joda stood on a dry plot of land where he lives with his family on the outskirts of Karbala.

Abduredha Joda站在卡尔巴拉郊区一片干旱的土地上，他和家人曾经在此居住。

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A train passenger traveling from Baghdad to Karbala, a Shiite holy city some 60 miles south of the capital, reads a prayer book.

一名从巴格达到卡尔巴拉的乘客正在火车上阅读祈祷书，卡尔巴拉是距离首都南部60英里外的圣城。

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Above an Iraqi man holds up a picture of Maliki as the premier speaks during a visit to the southwest city of Karbala on Feb. 15 2010.

上图拍摄于2010年2月15日，在西南部的一座城市卡尔巴拉的一次最初访问中，一位伊拉克市民手举马利基的相片。

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Ibn Khaldun wrote his penetrating works on the philosophy of history some 700 years after Karbala.

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In the south, Shiite rebels controlled major cities such as Karbala, Najaf, and Basra.

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In the coming week, 2 million Shiites are expected to attend services in Najaf and Karbala.

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