14 killed and 52 wounded in Baghdad explosions

A STRING of explosions in Baghdad and north of the capital killed at least 14 Iraqis and wounded 52 yesterday.

A US soldier was reported killed in insurgency-plagued western Anbar province.

Many of the attacks targeted the country’s Shiite-led security forces, accused by Sunni Arabs of abuses against them under the cover of fighting the Sunni-driven insurgency.