How's That Surge Coming Along: Part VII
Bombs killed 29 people in Baghdad on Sunday, one day after Iraq signaled that world powers and neighboring countries had agreed it was vital to all to stop sectarian violence spreading in the region.A car bomb targeting a truck transporting Shi'ite pilgrims killed 19 people in central Baghdad, police said. The blast in the predominantly Shi'ite district of Karrada wounded 20 people.
The pilgrims were returning from the holy city of Kerbala, south of Baghdad, where millions gathered over the weekend for the Arbain ritual despite attacks by suspected Sunni Arab insurgents that have killed scores and raised communal tensions.
In eastern Baghdad, a suicide bomber blew himself up on a minibus, killing 10 people and wounding eight, police said. The blast ripped the minibus apart in an area of northeastern Baghdad near the Shi'ite militia stronghold of Sadr City.