continued horror in Iraq

Series of bombings in Baghdad Shiite areas kill 34

BAGHDAD – Six bombs rocked Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad on Monday, killing 34 people and wounding more than 90 in a dramatic escalation of violence as the U.S. military is thinning out its presence before a June 30 deadline to pull combat troops out of the cities.

Angry survivors hurled stones at Iraqi soldiers at the site of one of the blasts in Sadr City after troops fired shots in the air to disperse crowds of people trying to care for the injured, witnesses said.

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