Car Bomb

Today there was a car bomb that killed 41 people. This bomb also injured over 70 people. This car bomb exploded on Wednesday. No group claimed responsibility for the car bomb. The style and location of the attack points that it was carried out by Sunni extremists. Al-Qaida in Iraq is an example of a Sunni extremists. The blast appeared timed for maximum civilian casualties. The bomb went off about 7 p.m. when many Baghdad residents take advantage of cooler evening temperatures for shopping and dining in outdoor kebab restaurants. It was the first major car bombing in the capital since May 6, when 15 people were killed at a produce market in south Baghdad. The deadliest in the city was when twin car bombs blasts. This car bomb killed 51 people in another Shiite neighborhood Sadr City on April 29. Nearly 200 people were killed in major bombings in Baghdad alone last month. This was mostly against Shiite targets. That has raised concern about security in the capital. This was ahead of a June 30 deadline for the U.S. to remove all combat forces from Baghdad and other Iraqi cities. Police said the blast happened in Shula. Shula is a neighborhood which had been a stronghold of Shiite militias including the Mahdi Army during the height of sectarian fighting two years ago. Witnesses said the blast occurred about 300 yards from an Iraqi security forces checkpoint. Police and hospital officials said 41 people were killed and 76 wounded. This is all I know.