1. Short Story - An Iraqi Pilgrim and the Triangle of Death
KARBALA, Iraq - With thousands of other Shiite Muslims, I walked through the infamous "Triangle of Death" where suicide bombers, presumably Sunni extremists, had attacked fellow pilgrims two days before. Our trek covered 50 miles from Baghdad to the holy city of Karbala, ... killing three people, pilgrims like me. It took me three hours to reach Baghdad's gate in the south, where the road leads into what's called the Sunni "Triangle of Death". Around me, women clutched their babies, little boys walked close to their parents and the elderly marched on. At prayer time, I stopped at ... ," he tol...
- Word Count: 1514
- Approx Pages: 6
- Grade Level: High School