Deadly Attacks Kill Over 150 Iraqis

(Baghdad) Earlier today, a series of bombings and shooting killed more then 150 Iraqis and wounded hundreds more.

From Haaretz:

Six suicide bombs exploded in Baghdad killing over 130 people, while gunmen killed an additional 17 people in a separate incident north of Baghdad.

A suicide bomber killed 114 people and wounded 156 in a crowded Shi'ite district of Baghdad just before sunrise on Wednesday, in the second deadliest single bomb attack in Iraq since the war.

The suicide bomber blew up an explosives-packed minibus in Kadhimiya, in Baghdad's old town, killing mostly laborers looking for day jobs, police said.

An Interior Ministry source said the bomber lured the men towards his vehicle with promises of work before detonating the bomb, which contained up to 500 lbs of explosives.

In a separate incident, 17 people in Taji, a northern suburb of Baghdad, were dragged from their homes by men dressed as police and shot to death. According to the Fox News Network, Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attacks.

It's a good thing that Islam is the religion of peace. Imagine the death toll if it weren't.