Bombs in Iraq Kill 46
By VOA News
10 August 2009
Iraqi officials say bombings in Baghdad and northern Iraq have killed at least 46 people.
Two truck bombs ripped through a Shi'ite village near the northern city of Mosul Monday, killing at least 28 people and wounding about 150. Officials say the bombs destroyed about 35 houses in Khazna, about 20 kilometers east of Mosul.
Mosul is considered a stronghold of Sunni insurgents, and militants there have carried out numerous attacks.
Police in Baghdad say three bombings there killed at least 18 people and wounded more than 94 Monday. Sixteen people were killed in two blasts that targeted day laborers as they gathered to find work in predominantly Shi'ite sections of the capital. A third bomb exploded in southern Baghdad's Saidiya district, killing two and wounding 14.
Violence in Iraq has dropped sharply during the past year, but a recent series of deadly attacks points to a continued threat.
Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.
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