A wave of car bombs across Iraq on Wednesday struck mainly Shiite pilgrims in several cities, killing at least 63 people and wounded dozens more, the Associated Press reports:
The bloodshed was a stark reminder of the political tensions threatening to provoke a new round of sectarian violence that once pushed Iraq to the brink of civil war. The pilgrims were headed to the northern Baghdad neighborhood of Kazimiyah to mark the anniversary of the death of a revered Shiite saint who is interred there.
