Kerbala, Iraq - Republic of
IRAQI WOMEN WALK PAST A POLISH SOLDIER NEAR KERBALA.
Iraqi women walk past a Polish soldier at a mobile checkpoint some 15 km north of the southern Iraqi town of Kerbala March 1, 2004. An estimated two million Shi'ites from Iraq, Iran, Pakistan and as far away as Canada have descended on the holy city of Kerbala to mark Ashura, which commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, who was killed in battle more than 1,300 years ago. REUTERS/Ali Jasim OP/WS