[news] Robert Fisk: In Iraq, a man-made disaster

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Martyrdom has always been a foundation of the Shia Muslim faith. But yesterday's tragedy gave it new meaning: possibly as many as 1,000 men, women and children were killed when they fell from a bridge over the Tigris river in Baghdad, apparently fearful that a suicide bomber had been let loose among them.

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/9/1/165155/9817