A suicide car bomber struck Baghdad’s Shiite district of Sadr City today, killing at least nine people and wounding 15, police and hospital officials said.

Suicide bombers in cars and on foot struck markets crowded with shoppers in predominantly Shiite areas in Baghdad and north of the capital today, killing more than 100 people, police said.

Iraqi soldiers came under fire during a raid targeting an insurgent leader in eastern Baghdad today, sparking a gun battle, the US military said.