Iraq bomb blasts kill eight | World news | The Guardian: "A series of bomb blasts killed eight people and wounded 33 across Baghdad this morning.
The three-hour drumbeat of explosions began in Baghdad's rush hour at the start of the working week. An Iraqi intelligence official said the attacks were attempt to undermine security ahead of a meeting of Arab heads of state in Baghdad in late March.
Police said at least two car bombs exploded, apparently targeting police patrols, killing a policeman and a bystander. Two people were killed in a blast at the offices of the government sewage department.
In the city's northern Kazimiyah suburb, another bomb exploded near a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims, killing one and injuring nine. Shia pilgrims make daily visits to the gold-domed shrine of Kazimiyah, where two revered imams are buried.
In Taji, north of Baghdad, a car bomb killed a farmer and his son heading to a nearby market to sell their crops. In nearby Tarmiyah, once an insurgent stronghold, a bomb went off outside a school, killing a seven-year-old boy.
Violence in Iraq has dropped dramatically since a few years ago when daily death tolls sometimes were in the hundreds. But small-scale bombings and drive-by shootings still persist on a near daily basis. No group immediately took responsibility for today's attacks."
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