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Al-Aimmah Bridge

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Although Adhamiyah has been the site of many clashes between Iraqi insurgents and US forces as well as tensions between Shia security forces and Sunni residents, in September 2005, the residents of Adhamiyah were credited with saving hundreds of Shia lives. Shia pilgrims who were caught in a stampede
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below. Adhamiyah residents dived into the waters, pulling hundreds of Shias to the shore, where their fellow residents transported them to hospitals and mosques, in some cases using the mattresses from their own beds as makeshift stretchers.
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were crushed. The stampede caused the railings to give way, allowing hundreds to fall to their deaths in the river. There was also a Sunni casualty, that is
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History of the Great Imam mosque and al-Adhamiyah mosques
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on Al-Aimmah bridge, coming from the opposing shore of
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Coordinates
33°22′30″N 44°21′20″E / 33.375122°N 44.355540°E / 33.375122; 44.355540
Tigris River
Baghdad
Iraq Ministry of Housing and Construction
cable-stayed
Arabic
romanized
lit.
Imams
Tigris
Iraqi
Baghdad
A'dhamiyyah
Sunni
Arab
Shi'te
Kadhimiyyah
the mosque
Abu Hanifah
Mosque
Musa al-Kadhim
Muhammad al-Jawad
deadly stampede
Shiite
pilgrims
Othman Ali Abdul-Hafez
Kadhimiyah
Tigris

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