(AKI) - The death toll continued to climb from a series of bomb attacks that shook the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Wednesday. At least 21 people were killed and another 80 injured in the multiple attacks that struck the city, according to police and Iraq's Interior Ministry.The surge is over. Time for the cockroaches to crawl back out from under the Iraqi baseboards and reconstitute.
In the most serious bomb attack on Wednesday, at least 12 people died and 60 others injured when a booby-trapped car and roadside bomb exploded almost simultaneously in eastern Baghdad, a ministry spokesman said.
Earlier a car bomb killed four people and injured 14 during the morning rush hour in a central shopping area.
Police also said five people were killed and 12 wounded in an explosion on the north side of the capital.
It is the third consecutive day of bombings in Baghdad. More than 30 were killed earlier this week in blasts with struck during the morning rush-hour.
The latest attacks came as the Iraqi military announced new measures in a bid to stop the increasing number of terrorist attacks. Major General Qassim al-Moussawi, an Iraqi military spokesman, said greater efforts would be placed on intelligence gathering and pre-emptive strikes against suspected opposition fighters.
Also on Wednesday, an Iraqi soldier shot dead at least two Americans in the northern city of Mosul, the US military said. "Two soldiers were killed and six wounded in a small-arms fire attack in an Iraqi Army compound in Mosul today. Initial reports indicate the attacker was an Iraqi soldier," a US military statement said.