Weekend blasts in Baghdad kill at least 152

AT least 15 people have died in bombings that rocked Baghdad, a day after a massive market blast killed 137 people in the deadliest single attack in Iraq since the March 2003 invasion.

Four policemen were among the dead in yesterday’s blasts, security sources said. The attacks, which follow a week of bombings in mainly Shi’ite areas, came ahead of a massive security operation by a combined US-Iraqi force aimed at stabilising the city.

Security sources said Saturday’s blast, which also wounded more than 300 people, was caused by a suicide bomber who blew up his truck in Sadiriya market in a mainly Shi’ite district of central Baghdad.