Two car bombs ripped through a second-hand market in a poor district of Baghdad on Monday, killing 100 Iraqis in the latest carnage unleashed in the capital despite a new make-or-break US security plan.
The bombs exploded seconds apart in the Haraj market shortly after midday, sending twin columns of thick smoke billowing from the Bab al-Sharki district on the east bank of the Tigris River. It was the deadliest attack in the capital this year.
Monday's blasts were followed by sporadic gunfire in the ethnically mixed Bab al-Sharki district, one of the poorest in the city and which has already been a repeated target of attacks. At least 12 vehicles were set ablaze, some burned completely.
Insurgents have stepped up attacks as Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and US authorities put in place a new security plan to secure the capital. Meanwhile, Bush again shied away from predicting how long troops would remain in the violence-wracked country where 3,052 military personnel have already been killed since the invasion.
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