Six car bombs kill 34 across Baghdad - The surge is working

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http://www.reuters.com/article/featuredCrisis/idUSL64374

Mon Apr 6, 2009 10:43am EDT

By Aseel Kami

BAGHDAD, April 6 (Reuters) - Six car bombs exploded across Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 34 people and wounding scores, police said, after the arrests of Sunni Arab fighters raised tension in the Iraqi capital.

A blast at a popular market in the Shi'ite Muslim slum of Sadr City in east Baghdad killed at least 10 people and wounded 65. Another car bomb blew up next to a group of labourers queuing for work, killing six people and wounding 16.

Hours later, south Baghdad's Um al-Maalif neighbourhood was shaken by two blasts in a market, killing 12 and wounding 25.

The latest attacks underscore the challenges Iraqi security forces face as U.S. combat troops prepare to withdraw by Aug. 31 2010, with all U.S. troops due to leave by the end of 2011.

[Webster Green]

1. Part of the dumbass "surge" was to pay "insurgents" to chill out for awhile..

.. Like long enough for the chimp to finish his term as "pResident**".

Maybe the money has run out? :shrug: