Suicide bombers kill more than 100 in Iraq

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.

The attacks, which occurred about 6pm local time when the markets were packed with shoppers buying food for the weekend, came as US Ambassador Ryan Crocker was sworn in as the new top US envoy to Iraq, saying that he was taking over the ``most critical foreign policy mission'' facing his country. The violence showed how tough that job will be.