The Political Chase

Dozens Killed in Bombings in Four Iraqi Cities

So, while the Democratic presidential campaign focuses on the really important issues of elitism, the insurgency in Iraq rises. Mabye John McCain will call the Commander in Chief, as McCain sees it, David Petraeus, and will ask him what his plan is..

Dozens Killed in Bombings in Four Iraqi Cities - New York Times

BAGHDAD — Insurgents armed primarily with car bombs struck in four cities in Iraq on Tuesday, killing at least 66 people and wounding dozens more. The most lethal attack was in the troubled provincial capital of Baquba, a city the Americans believed they had largely taken back from Sunni extremists last summer.

At least 40 people died in the Baquba suicide car bomb attack, according to the chief of security operations for the city, but the police and emergency workers removing the bodies said they counted 53.

A suicide bomber also struck in Ramadi in Anbar Province, killing 13 people. In Baghdad, one civilian was killed in a bombing that was aimed at a police major and his bodyguards. In Mosul, a car bomb exploded in a neighborhood close to the university, previously a peaceful area despite the turbulence that has rocked much of the rest of the city.