Car bombs kill 15 in Baghdad shopping area
Two car bombs killed 15 people in a mainly Shi’ite area of Baghdad on Saturday in the latest in a series of attacks by militants on crowded shopping areas in the Iraqi capital. A weeklong string of bombings has further disrupted life in Baghdad, spreading fear among the city’s 7 million residents awaiting a planned U.S.-backed offensive to tighten the government’s fragile grip over its largely lawless capital. Full Story