Multiple car bombs explode, killing 37 people in Baghdad

Multiple explosions rocked a western
neighborhood of the capital as a U.S. convoy was passing
Thursday, killing at least 37 people and wounding more than
50, hospital and military officials said.
The attack happened around 1 p.m. (0900 GMT) in the
al-Amel neighborhood, said Lt. Col. Jim Hutton, spokesman
for the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division.
Interior Ministry spokesman Col. Adnan Abdul-Rahman said
two car bombs and a roadside bomb exploded in swift
succession as the convoy was passing.
Yarmouk Hospital received 37 bodies and more than 50
wounded in the attack, said Dr. Nibras Hamdan.