unimaginable horror in Iraq

4 bombs kill 160 people in Baghdad

BAGHDAD - Four large bombs exploded in mostly Shiite areas of Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least 160 people and wounding scores as violence climbed toward levels seen before the U.S.-Iraqi campaign to pacify the capital began two months ago.

In the deadliest of the attacks, a parked car bomb detonated in a crowd of workers at the Sadriyah market in central Baghdad, killing at least 112 people and wounding 115, said Raad Muhsin, an official at Al-Kindi Hospital where the victims were taken.

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Kind of puts the Va. shooting in perspective, doesn't it? 30 people die in America and it is on the news for days, but that is a slow day for Baghdad.

More on that angle from Think Progress:
Cole On Virginia Tech Shootings: ‘In Iraq, This Is A Daily Event’