[kellyhound]

At least 93 people have been killed in three car bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, police and medics say.

The deadliest killed 64 people and wounded 87 in a market in the mainly Shia Muslim area of Sadr City.

Later two suicide bombers targeted police checkpoints in the northern district of Kadhimiya and in Jamia, in the west, leaving 29 dead.

The so-called Islamic State (IS) group claimed the attacks - the worst day of violence in Baghdad so far this year.

The Sunni jihadist group, which controls large swathes of northern and western Iraq, has frequently targeted Shia, whom it considers apostates.

The target of Wednesday's first bombing was the busy market in Sadr City.

Police and witnesses said the explosives were hidden under fruit and vegetables loaded on a pick-up truck.

They said the driver disappeared after parking the vehicle in the market, shortly before the massive blast turned the area into an inferno.

"It was such a thunderous explosion that jolted the ground," a 45-year old grocer, told. "The force of the explosion threw me for meters away and I lost consciousness for a few minutes."

Many victims were women inside a beauty salon, including several brides who appeared to be getting ready for their weddings, police sources told Reuters news agency.

The bodies of two men believed to be grooms were found in an adjacent barber shop, they added.

Sadr City, a huge, largely Shia suburb, has frequently been the target of bomb attacks by Sunni extremists but this is one of the worst.

IS said one of its suicide bombers had carried out the attack, and that it was aimed at Shia militiamen, an account that seems to be at odds with reports from the scene.

Hours later, a suicide car bomb exploded outside a police checkpoint in Kadhimiya, a mostly Shia district that is the location of an important shrine, officials said.

Both police officers and civilians were among the at least 17 people who died and 43 who were injured, officials said.

At around the same time, another suicide car bomb targeted a checkpoint in the Jamia district, which is predominantly Sunni, killing 12 people and wounding 31.

[jayferoz25]

All day all night..wtf

[soonerbob81972]

Think I saw a bag of Lay's potato chips beside the severed leg.

[Susan]

The last thing I would be saying if I saw destruction like that in front of my face is "God is great". I just don't get it.

[docfr8]

That was complete chaos.. Poor children. It always sucks to see the little ones getting killed. I guess ISIS dont give a fuck whether there are any kids around. As long as they get to kill

[Steve]

I can't imagine how it would feel seeing someone I love ripped to pieces.

[Steve]

Originally Posted by slyksleevemuckyey ↗

The last thing I would be saying if I saw destruction like that in front of my face is "God is great". I just don't get it.

Allah is supposed to keep them safe and when he fucks up they still scream "Allahu Akbar". But religion isn't dumb as fuck is it.

[Daveroo]

that guy in the thread about the 5 people from the crowd shooting the victims,he said at one point that the americans are killing kids and women..not sure just how he worded it..but similar, well..i see a shitload of women and kids in this case...and weve seen other places where women and childrn were killed,if not outright targeted...i dont understand where that line is...when you hide in places where women and children are..they get killed...i wont fight over this next comment..but in the iraqi war...whatever it was called..i recall the news saying the USA killed women,kids,old people and the sick after targeting a hospital....there was an office building that had a shelter below..and iraqi military offices above...there was also the palestinians hiding in apartment buildings,the IDF took em out..then the world screamed about it...and how about rockets being fired into Israel,not a word...the the IDF fires back and again the world screams....why is it terrorists can kill when and where they want..but we dare to fight back and were called monsters..step back or ignore it..and were all a bunch of pussies...

[dwizzy22]

Originally Posted by soonerbob81972 ↗

Think I saw a bag of Lay's potato chips beside the severed leg.

You're a fucking rabbit

[jaybo]

People bitch about America