On December 2, Sky News Arabia reported that Iraq has blamed Iran for the storming of a border crossing by half a million Shiite pilgrims on their way to Karbala to commemorate the Shiite holiday of Arabeen. Iraq says that the border breach was a deliberate move by Iran to violate the country's sovereignty and noted that Iraqi border forces refrained from exercising their right to use force against the massive influx of illegal border crossers.

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