BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Six car bombs killed 133 people in a Shi'ite stronghold in Baghdad on Thursday, one of the bloodiest attacks since the U.S. invasion and likely to inflame sectarian passions in a nation sliding toward civil war.
A further 201 people were wounded, police said, and the Health Minister said the toll could rise. "Many of the dead have been reduced to scattered body parts and are not counted yet," Ali al-Shemari told Reuters.
The blasts, which were followed by a mortar barrage aimed at a nearby Sunni enclave, came at the same time as gunmen mounted a bold daylight raid on the Shi'ite-run Health Ministry.
'Sliding toward civil war'? What, exactly, does a civil war look like if not exactly like this? It's time for the media to be honest about the state of affairs in Iraq.
Update: Baghdad is once again under a curfew and the AP reports that 150 people have died while 238 were wounded while US troops celebrated Thanksgiving in Iraq. Hopefully, next year they'll all be back home experiencing the day with their families and friends, Iraq will know some measure of peace and horrendous violence like these attacks will be a memory instead of daily reality.
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