Twin explosions in Baghdad kill 17 people
Two explosions in a Shiite neighborhood of eastern Baghdad killed 17 people and wounded around 50 others Thursday night, Iraqi officials said, according to a report by Sameer N. Yacoub for the Associated Press. The blasts in the Sadr City neighborhood, coming a day after attacks across the capital killed 25 people, served as a […]Two explosions in a Shiite neighborhood of eastern Baghdad killed 17 people and wounded around 50 others Thursday night, Iraqi officials said, according to a report by Sameer N. Yacoub for the Associated Press.
The blasts in the Sadr City neighborhood, coming a day after attacks across the capital killed 25 people, served as a reminder of the lengths to which Sunni militants are trying to go in order to re-ignite sectarian tensions as American forces prepare to go home.
