A suicide bombing in northern Iraq and a string of bombings in Baghdad left 43 dead and hundreds wounded Friday morning. The blasts, which were targeted at Shiite pilgrims, killed at least 37 and wounding 276 Shiites attending a funeral at a mosque, while separate roadside bombs in Baghdad and attacks at Hamza Square in Sadr City, claimed another six. The death toll is expected to climb as emergency workers sift through the rubble. Hundreds of thousands of Shiites have recently been in southern Iraq, on pilgrimage to the holy city of Karbala.
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