BAGHDAD - Three bombs exploded near a busy market and a religious site in southwestern Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 23 people and wounding scores of others, hospital and security sources said.The blasts occurred in quick succession in the al-Shurta al-Rabaa district of the Iraqi capital. One truck near Husseiniya, a place of worship for Shi'ite Muslims.An Interior Ministry source said explosives were transported to the market in wooden carts usually used to carry merchandise.
(photo credit: The Jerusalem Post)