Horror in Baghdad

I didn't want to let the day pass without at least a mention of the tragedy that occurred in Baghdad today, in which as many as 1,000 people - mostly women and children - were killed in a stampede on a bridge over the Tigris River. The people, Shiite pilgrims enroute to a religious ceremony, were frightened by someone shouting that there was a suicide bomber in their midst, and panicked.

Absolutely horrifying.