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Credit: Reuters/Saad Shalash By Muhanad Mohammed BAGHDAD | Thu Jul 8, 2010 9:46am EDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Thousands of Iraqi Shi'ite pilgrims trudged resolutely through blood-spattered streets on Thursday in an annual ritual paying homage to a Shi'ite Imam despite suicide and roadside bombs that killed dozens. Even with 200,000 troops and police deployed to ensure security, a series of blasts on Thursday in eastern Baghdad killed five pilgrims and wounded 75 as they walked home from the Imam Moussa al-Kadhim shrine, police and Interior Ministry sources said. The attacks followed a suicide bombing and roadside bombs on Wednesday evening which killed 36 and wounded hundreds, many of them as they passed through Sunni areas of the Iraqi capital to the shrine in a northern district for a religious rite. "We know we will be targeted but that will not prevent us from affirming our faith and insisting on visiting the shrines of our imams," said college student Farqad Faiq, 21. "These explosions will increase our determination to stick to our principles." Hundreds of thousands of Shi'ites, Iraq's majority sect, have been streaming through Baghdad for days to commemorate the death of the Shi'ite holy man, Imam Moussa al-Kadhim. The rite peaked on Thursday and many people headed back to their homes. Protecting the event was a key test for the Iraqi security forces during a political vacuum left by a March election that produced no outright winner and as yet no new government, and ahead of the planned end of U.S. combat operations in August. The Baghdad security spokesman's office put the toll during the pilgrimage at 38 dead and 380 wounded. Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, a Sunni Muslim, condemned the attacks. "Attempts to spread sedition and plant separation and inflame hatred will not succeed," he said in a statement. The suicide attack on Wednesday evening by a female bomber took place just short of a bridge where 1,000 Shi'ite pilgrims died in 2005 during the same event after rumors of a bomb sparked a stampede. Overall violence has fallen sharply in Iraq as the sectarian bloodshed receded over the past two years, but a stubborn yet weakened Sunni Islamist insurgency continues to stage regular attacks. Suicide bombings are a hallmark of Sunni Islamist al Qaeda, which regards Shi'ite Muslims as apostates. The inconclusive election in March has heightened sectarian tensions because of expectations the main Shi'ite-led political blocs will join forces to deprive the vote leader, a Sunni-backed cross-sectarian coalition, of what it sees as its right to try to form a government. HEAVY SECURITY In addition to putting forces out in the streets, the Iraqi authorities imposed a city-wide ban on motorcycles and bicycles, deployed helicopters and snipers, and set up barricades to keep vehicles away from the golden-domed shrine. Last year, the pilgrimage provided the first big test for Iraqi police and soldiers after U.S. troops withdrew from urban centers at the end of June. The U.S. military will end combat operations this August 31 ahead of a full withdrawal next year. At the shrine, some pilgrims wept before a stage draped in heavy metal chains as actors clad in white robes performed scenes depicting the Imam's life and death, while other performers rode horses and camels and beat drums in the streets. Many of the Shi'ite pilgrims railed at the government for failing to protect them. "We hold the government and the security forces accountable for the security breaches," said Qahtan Ali, 64, a retiree. "With these breaches the terrorists have proved that they are stronger than the government and the security forces." Yet they also vowed to be resolute. "When we went on the pilgrimage, we knew we would be targeted and we have gotten used to this because al-Qaeda's ideology is to kill Shi'ites," said Adel al-Habubi, 57. "I will come next year whatever the challenges are." (Additional reporting by Waleed Ibrahim; writing by Michael Christie; Editing by Peter Graff) World Add a Comment *We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language or appear to be spam and review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. 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