SAAD ABDUL-KADIR
Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD – Bombings and drive-by shootings killed at least 25 Iraqis on Monday and wounded dozens more in what appeared in part to be a targeted assault on police and army forces around Baghdad.
The single deadliest attack, however, struck civilians in the small town of Suwayrah as a pair of bombs – one in a parked car and the other planted along a road – killed eight passers-by and wounded 71, according to an Iraqi police official and a hospital worker in the nearby city of Kut.
Both spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media. Suwayrah is located about 25 miles (40 kilometers) south of Baghdad.