Triple Car Bombs Hig South Iraq

Three car bombs have exploded in the southern Iraqi city of Amara, killing at least 39 people and injuring more than 100. Two bombs exploded in a car park packed with laborers waiting to travel to work, and a third detonated as people gathered to inspect the damage. Amara is 236 miles south of the capital, Baghdad, in Maysan province. It is a mainly Shia area, with four groups - three with armed militias - competing for political supremacy. It was one of the deadliest attacks in Iraq in recent months.