Security tight at Eid al-Fitr celebrations in Iraq and Pakistan

Описание: Marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in Iraq, this year's Eid al Fitr festival took place in an atmosphere of fear.

Sunni militants edge ever closer to the capital and Baghdad's morgues receive more victims of sectarian killings each week.

Traditionally the festival is celebrated with thanksgiving, feasts and the exchange of gifts upon the sighting of the new moon.

In Pakistan, Eid is being celebrated against the backdrop of a military operation in North Waziristan, and poli…
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