Bombings kill 10, wound at least 33 in Iraq
Hamid Ahmed, Associated Press, Baghdad | Mon, 11/03/2008 10:10 PM
A string of bombings killed 10 people and wounded at least 33 others in Iraq on Monday, including a senior Oil Ministry official, authorities said.
Six people died when two bombs -- one of them hidden in a trash can -- exploded in Tahariyat square in central Baghdad during the morning rush hour. Police said 21 people were wounded, including 10 policemen and two women.
The explosions caused extensive damage to shops lining the square in the predominantly Shiite eastern side of Baghdad.
Another bomb exploded around noon near a police patrol in west Baghdad, injuring one policeman and a civilian, while another officer died and six others were wounded when their patrol hit a
roadside bomb in east Baghdad, police said.
Security has improved in Baghdad since the Sunni revolt against al-Qaida and the routing of Shiite militias in Baghdad and southern Iraq last spring, but scattered bombings still occur
almost daily.
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