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| Wave of Car Bombs in Iraq Kills Dozens | Wave of Car Bombs in Iraq Kills Dozens |
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| BAGHDAD — Ten car bombs targeting Shiite neighborhoods hit the Iraqi capital Sunday morning. All 10 bombs went off within 40 minutes, starting from 9:30 a.m. | BAGHDAD — Ten car bombs targeting Shiite neighborhoods hit the Iraqi capital Sunday morning. All 10 bombs went off within 40 minutes, starting from 9:30 a.m. |
| Forty-one civilians were killed and more than a hundred others were wounded, according to security and medical officials. Ambulances rushed to hospitals and security forces tightened measures around checkpoints to search each passing car, creating a jam. | Forty-one civilians were killed and more than a hundred others were wounded, according to security and medical officials. Ambulances rushed to hospitals and security forces tightened measures around checkpoints to search each passing car, creating a jam. |
| Most of the bombings targeted public markets and bus stations. In Huriya, a neighborhood in the northwestern part of Baghdad, five people were killed and 12 were wounded when a bomb exploded in a parked car near a public market. | |
| In Abu Dshir in southern Baghdad, another bomb in a parked car went off near a public market, killing six civilians and wounding 13 others. | In Abu Dshir in southern Baghdad, another bomb in a parked car went off near a public market, killing six civilians and wounding 13 others. |
| Other car bombs targeted the districts of Saba al-Bor, Mashtal, Baladiyat, Ur, Bayaa and Nahrawan, where two bombs exploded. | Other car bombs targeted the districts of Saba al-Bor, Mashtal, Baladiyat, Ur, Bayaa and Nahrawan, where two bombs exploded. |
| “I don’t remember how I stopped the car,” said Saad Muhseen, a 45-year-old engineer who was wounded in the Abu Dshir bombing. “While the windows of the car smashed on my face and body, I was in a shock for few minutes. After that the first thing I did was to call my wife. I just wanted to hear her voice. She didn’t say a thing, but she was crying.” | “I don’t remember how I stopped the car,” said Saad Muhseen, a 45-year-old engineer who was wounded in the Abu Dshir bombing. “While the windows of the car smashed on my face and body, I was in a shock for few minutes. After that the first thing I did was to call my wife. I just wanted to hear her voice. She didn’t say a thing, but she was crying.” |