Iraqi security forces inspect the wreckage of a bus bombing in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Nov. 24, 2008. A female suicide bomber blew herself up near an entrance to the U.S.-protected Green Zone and a bomb tore through a bus carrying Iraqi government employees in separate attacks on Monday, killing at least 18 people, Iraqi officials said. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)From Washington Post:
BAGHDAD, Nov. 24 -- Three bombings targeting Iraqi government employees and the U.S.-fortified Green Zone killed at least 20 people and left scores wounded Monday, two days before the Iraqi parliament is expected to vote on a controversial security agreement with the United States.
The attacks illustrated the vulnerability of Iraq's security apparatus and the lingering defiance of an insurgency whose influence has declined in recent months.
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