Explosions Kill Nine People in Iraq
Explosions killed at least 10 people and wounded 36 in the Iraqi capital and a northern city Monday, ending a relative lull in bombings over the past days. A car bomb targeting an Iraqi police patrol exploded near a market in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, killing at least six people and injuring 23, police said. Those killed were all civilians; four policemen were among the injured. Baqouba, a mixed Sunni-Shiite city, has been at the forefront of a wave of sectarian and other violence since the Feb. 22 bombing of a revered Shiite shrine in Samarra. Full Story