Shiites mark Ashura in Lebanon's Nabatieh Shiite Muslims from the southern Lebanese town of Nabatiyeh on Wednesday marked the annual Ashura commemorations with self-flagellation, a ritual very rarely practised in the Shiite world. The ten days of mourning of Ashura commemorate the seventh century killing of the Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Mohammed. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITESATTENTION CLIENTS : IMAGES OF BLOOD