Three car bombs exploded in quick succession in a southern Iraqi city on Wednesday, killing at least 26 people and wounding 100 in a Shiite region that has largely escaped the country’s sectarian bloodshed, authorities said.Police in Amarah imposed an immediate driving ban and Iraqi soldiers deployed on the streets.
The attack was one of the deadliest in Iraq in months and came as tensions are running high across oil-producing southern Iraq, where rival Shiite factions are struggling for influence as British forces across the region draw down.
The explosions were about five minutes apart, beginning about 10 a.m., when an explosives-laden car parked in a garage blew up, local police and an intelligence official said.
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