farquar
03-31-2005, 05:20 AM
KARBALA, Iraq, March 30 -- A little after 6 a.m., as a relentless sun began burning through a gray sky, Abu Zahra and his men started their work. They stoked a fire with wood and kerosene, bringing to boil 110 pounds of garbanzo beans. They slaughtered three lambs. And they sipped sweet, dark tea on a morning imbued with ritual in one of Iraq's most sacred cities. http://story.iraqsun.com/p.x/ct/9/cid/c31d0aaa23b24a75/id/7712c4ccdb517e3f/