i find it extraordinary that the universal busybody USA simply doesn’t give a damn about this endless carnage

Baghdad Market Blasts; 58 Killed, 109 Wounded
Margaret Griffis, AntiWar.com, Sep 26 2013

Bombers struck at two Baghdad markets leaving dozens dead or wounded. Less deadly, but numerous, attacks took place elsewhere in central and northern Iraq. Overall at least 58 people were killed and 109 more were wounded. In Baghdad, a bomb at a Sabaa al-Bour market left 20 dead and 71 wounded; the bomb set off three gas canister explosions. Eight people were killed and 14 more were wounded in a blast at another market in Doura. South of the city, gunmen killed a former Sahwa member and four male relatives. In Mosul, a car bomb killed three soldiers and wounded a fourth one. Two dumped bodies, one belonging to a policeman and the other to a soldier, were discovered three days after their abductions. A soldier was gunned down at a checkpoint. Gunmen wounded four soldiers and a civilian. A bomb killed a policeman and wounded two civilians. Four Sahwa members were killed in a roadside bombing in Sedira. A bomb near a mobile phone shop in Muqdadiya killed the owner and wounded two others. A soldier was killed and two more were wounded in a blast in Yathrib. In Kirkuk, a bomb planted outside a home killed a civilian and wounded his brother. A separate bomb killed a policeman and wounded two others. A sticky bomb in Falluja left one dead and another wounded.

Triple bombing at market near Baghdad kills 23, wounds 40
AP, Sep 26 2013

Bombs ripped through outdoor markets in and near Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 23 people and wounding dozens, the latest in a deadly wave that has hit Iraq in recent months, officials said. Three bombs went off simultaneously in the Shi’ite village of Sabaa al-Bour, about 30 km north of Baghdad. Police said the one bomb went off at the market entrance and one inside the shopping area as the place was packed with shoppers, killing 16 people and wounding 41 there. Three women and two children were among those killed in the village market, according to police and hospital officials. Several shops and cars were damaged in the blast. The attack came shortly after a bomb blast hit the al-Athorien market in Baghdad’s southern neighbourhood of Dora. Police said that seven people, including two women, were killed there and 17 people were wounded. Insurgents in Iraq often target crowded places such as markets, cafes and mosques in order to inflict huge casualties. More than 4,000 people have been killed in violence during the past few months. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks but they bear the hallmarks of AQ’s local branch in Iraq, known as the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI).