From The BBC:More than 70 people have been killed by two bombs in Baghdad, attached to two mentally disabled women and detonated remotely, says a security official.
"The al-Qaeda terrorists and criminals are proud of this method," Brig Qassem Ata al-Moussawi told the BBC.
The death toll in Friday morning's attacks at two animal markets was the highest in months in Baghdad.
Correspondents say a fragile sense of normality had returned to the capital following an influx of US troops.
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Other News Stories on Iraq:
Female Bombers Strike Markets In Baghdad -- Yahoo News
Female Bombers Strike Markets in Baghdad -- ABC News
U.S.: 'Demonic' Militants Sent Women To Bomb Markets In Iraq -- CNN
Mentally Retarded Women Used As Bombers -- CBS News
Handicapped Bombers Kill Dozens In Iraq -- MSNBC
Al-Qaeda Straps Bombs to 2 Mentally Disabled Women-- Explosions Kill Dozens in Baghdad -- Gateway Pundit
My Comment: Even with this tragic loss of life, violence in Iraq has been steadily decreasing. Gateway Pundit examines this trend in a post today titled "Surge Success Continues-- Iraq Sees Great Gains Over Last Year".
It is still to early to predict the final outcome of this war, but all trends for the ending of this conflict are still positive. Unfortunately, the body count will still go on until this is over.