The death toll from a brutal string of car bomb attacks in Baghdad's Sadr City has risen to more than 200 dead and more than 250 wounded, an Iraqi Health Ministry official said Friday after an updated count from local hospitals. Thursday's bloodshed represented the single deadliest coordinated attack in Iraq since the start of the war in March 2003, CNN reported. Police reported three car bombings and a mortar attack over a 30-minute period. Later, Health Minister Ali Shummari said there were six car bombs and a missile fired.
