Gunmen in Iraq kill 7 Shiites en route to shrine (AP)

A man offers water to Shiite pilgrims as they walk down a street and make their way to the shrine of Imam Musa al-Kazim, in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, July 27, 2008. Thousands of pilgrims are expected to converge on north Baghdad's Kazimiyah neighborhood by Tuesday, July 29, 2008, to mark the festival of Imam Musa al-Kazim, the seventh Shiite Imam. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Seven Shiite pilgrims traveling to a shrine in Baghdad were shot to death in an ambush in a Sunni town south of the capital Sunday as authorities tightened security ahead of a major religious festival that is expected to draw tens of thousands of worshippers.