Via CNN: Death toll past 100 in Baghdad bombings
At least 132 people were killed and 520 wounded in twin suicide car bombings in central Baghdad Sunday, officials said — the deadliest attack on civilians in Iraq this year.
Two car bombs detonated in quick succession near Iraqi government buildings about 10:30 a.m., an Interior Ministry official said.
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The bombings came a day after the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, visited the country for the first time, and on the same day Iraqi officials were due to try to break a logjam holding up a new election law. Iraqis are supposed to go to the polls in January, but parliament still has not passed the legislation, putting the balloting in limbo.
More at the link. Clearly a terrible day.
No word from the story as to whom might be responsible.
There is the understandable suggestion in the piece that we may be heading into a period of violence given the pending elections that are set for January.
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