Sunni insurgents show off deadly power
(NEWSER) - The death toll is climbing in Iraq following this morning's coordinated gun-and-bomb attacks, with the AP putting the number at 84, making it the deadliest day this year. A police spokesman said a suicide bomber detonated himself outside a textile factory south of Baghdad where a crowd was trying to help victims of two earlier car bombs, raising the toll there to at least 45. Gunmen using silenced weapons also killed 7 Iraqi soldiers and policemen at checkpoints in Baghdad, and a roadside bomb in Baghdad killed another 2. More»
