No attacks against Shiite pilgrims reported in the last several days , police say . Peace is a marked contrast to last 8 years of Ashura attacks . Ashura marks martyrdom of Hussein , the grandson of the Prophet Mohammed . Comment:
No attacks against Shiite pilgrims reported in the last several days , police say . Peace is a marked contrast to last 8 years of Ashura attacks . Ashura marks martyrdom of Hussein , the grandson of the Prophet Mohammed . Nearly a thousand pilgrims died in a Baghdad bridge stampede in 2005 .