that has raised to about 1,300 casualties since 2003, demanding to hand over the security file in Shabak areas to Peshmerga forces and KurdishAsaish.

A roadside bomb explosion on Tuesday has killed three people and injured eight others from pilgrims heading to Imam Zine El Abidine shrine in Rush village affiliated to Bartella sub-district ( 30 km east of Mosul).

The advisory body of Shabak said in a statement reported for " Shafaq News " that " with great sadness and grief , Shabak people farewell today a group of martyrs , after the terrorists planted a bomb on the pilgrims’ road reviving the death of Imam Hussein (PBUH) after their way to the shrine of Imam Zine El Abidine (PBUH) to perform the ceremony in Bartella sub-district . "

“ After this terrorist operation, a number of Shabak martyrs has reached since 2003 to today ( 1298 ) martyrs,” the statement added.

Shabak live in villages and towns located north and east of Mosul city as some of these areas have suffered from bloody attacks that have caused hundreds of deaths and injuries during the past three years in particular.

The wing of al -Qaeda in Iraq, which merged with the Syrian wing in a new organization called the " Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant " wage almost daily attacks in Iraq as part of a campaign to destabilize the Iraqi government led by Shiites and stir sectarian clashes similar to what happened between 2006 and 2008 .

The Organization adopted the majority of attacks that took place in Iraq .