Wave of bombings kills dozens in Iraq
A wave of car bombs hit Baghdad and oil-rich Basra in southern Iraq on Monday, killing at least 48 people and injuring 170, security and medical officials said, deepening concerns that sectarian violence is pushing the country toward a conflagration recalling the widespread fighting of 2006-2007 before the withdrawal of American forces. Some reports put […]Duraid Adnan reports for The New York Times:
A wave of car bombs hit Baghdad and oil-rich Basra in southern Iraq on Monday, killing at least 48 people and injuring 170, security and medical officials said, deepening concerns that sectarian violence is pushing the country toward a conflagration recalling the widespread fighting of 2006-2007 before the withdrawal of American forces.
Some reports put the toll higher from the series of blasts, which began in Basra when two car bombs went off at a restaurant and a bus stop, the officials said.
