Breaking: Triple Bombs Kill 41 South of Baghdad

Three car bombs went off nearly simultaneously in southern Iraq, in the town of Amarah killing 41 people ...that of course will rise in number as more pieces are found.

Here's the deal with this. This is one of the areas the British were minding, before Prime Minister Gordon "IGotNoBalls" Brown decided the Brits needed to pull back and play cribbage all day. There were NO attacks in this area while British patrolled and now 41 Iraqis are dead.

Apparently the local police had very little presence at the time of the bombing...hmmm....coincidence? But the fact of the matter is this. Britain's yellow streak has cost lives and given al Qaeda and Sardrists more momentum. Jolly Good Show Gordon. Spit.

Here's the breaking detailed report.

Triple Car Bombs in Iraq's South Kill 41

BAGHDAD (AP) - Three car bombs exploded in quick succession in the market district of a southern Iraqi city Wednesday, killing at least 41 people and injuring 150 in an oil-rich Shiite region that has largely escaped sectarian bloodshed, authorities said. It was the country's deadliest bombing in four months.
The police chief in Amarah was fired after the coordinated explosions, and Iraqi soldiers were deployed on the streets. Hospital were overwhelmed with the casualties, which mounted as bodies were pulled from the rubble, according to a provincial spokesman.
Violence has declined dramatically in the capital and elsewhere in Iraq in recent months, and insurgents driven out of Baghdad by the crackdown there have sought to gain a foothold in outlying regions. The Shiite area around Amarah, controlled by British forces until April, has suffered under violent power struggles between rival militias, but has had almost no al-Qaida presence.

The explosions in Amarah were about five minutes apart, beginning with a small blast at the entrance to the market, said Mohammed Saleh, a provincial council spokesman, elaborating on earlier accounts by police and an intelligence official.
Saleh said bystanders gathered to look at the aftermath of that blast, which wounded just a few people, when a second car bomb exploded. A third car blew up nearby as the crowd began to flee, he said.