Forget it, Jake. It's Iraq.

[cali]

(reference to Chinatown)

Car bombs kill at least 56 people in Iraq

— A new wave of car bombs hit Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad and a suicide bomber targeted soldiers in a northern city in attacks that killed at least 56 across Iraq on Sunday, officials said.

Coordinated bombing onslaughts killing scores of people have hit Iraq multiple times each month, feeding a spike in bloodshed that has left over 5,000 since April. The local branch of al-Qaida often takes responsibility, although there was no immediate claim for Sunday's blasts.

Four police officers said that the bombs in the capital, placed in parked cars and detonated over a half-hour, targeted commercial areas and parking lots, killing 42.

The deadliest blast was in the southeastern Nahrwan district where two car bombs exploded simultaneously, killing seven and wounding 15 others. Two other explosions hit the northern Shaab and southern Abu Dshir neighborhoods, each of which killed six people. Other blasts hit the neighborhoods of Mashtal, Baladiyat and Ur in eastern Baghdad, the southwestern Bayaa and the northern Sab al-Bor and Hurriyah districts.

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http://www.chron.com/news/world/article/Car-bombs-kill-at-least-56-people-in-Iraq-4929859.php

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. We did such a good job in Iraq....

all "mission Accomplished" and stuff like that..and Bush said Al-Kayda was defeated in Iraq, so there!

[cali]

2. on some level I feel like it's a moral responsibility to not ignore the tragedy

of Iraq.