Iraq PM says security forces control holy city (Reuters)

Militiamen detain a pilgrim near the Imam Abbas shrine in the holy city of Kerbala, south of Baghdad, August 28, 2007. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters – Iraq's prime minister flew to the
holy city of Kerbala on Wednesday and declared order had been
restored after gunbattles among Shi'ite factions killed 52
people and forced hundreds of thousands of pilgrims to flee.