Car Bombs, Then Suicide Blast, Kill 28 on a Baghdad Street

Early Monday morning in Baghdad city, the deadliest attack since June took place. Two bombs were planted in parked cars on a very busy street in a Sunni and Shiite neighborhood. The two car bombs were set off five minutes apart, killing seven and wounding 68 others. While people in the streets gathered to see the destruction; a suicide bomber ran into the crowd and killed many more. One of the horrible stories in the article said that a young mother holding a baby was charred in a burning bus. Later Monday afternoon, a young suicide bomber blew herself up killing 4 and wounding more than 15. The day before these horrible attacks, 12 Iraqis were killed because they were part of the Awakening movement. The Awakening movement is a Sunni run organization to stop Islamic extremists. Monday evening negotiations between the American and Iraqi governments continued to form a better security agreement.
The American and Iraqi governments need to work more closely together to stop these Islamic extremists or more innocent people are going to be in danger or even worse, dead.

The New York Times
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
International: A6
Anwar J. Ali and Katherine Zoepf