horror in Iraq

Car bomb kills at least 16 people in Baghdad

BAGHDAD - A suicide truck bomber struck near the Baghdad home of an Iraqi police general Wednesday, killing 16 people in the biggest such attack on the capital in months.

Meanwhile, three U.S. soldiers were shot dead in northern Iraq, and the bodies of at least 23 Iraqis were discovered in a shallow grave and a sewer shaft at separate sites near Baghdad.

Wednesday's suicide bombing was the deadliest such attack in Baghdad since early March. A year ago, car and truck bombs were part of the daily violence in Baghdad — with scores sometimes killed in a single, devastating blast — but they occur far less frequently now since a U.S. troop buildup.

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More of bush's legacy. Obama can't come soon enough for the Iraqis and our soldiers...