Dual Car Bombs Kill 23 In Baghdad

And unfortunately, neither of the two car bombs took out Iran's President Ahmadinejad. Drats!
But obviously, this is another al Qaeda attack - the one car was driven by a suicide bomber while it appears the other car bomb was set off by remote control.
One of the important things to consider with these attacks is that al Qaeda in Iraq is all about perception. Al Qaeda wants to create the illusions of chaos, of instability. And that this why they continue to press into Baghdad. It would be much easier for them to kill 23 people outside of Baghdad but these are "in you face" attacks - meant to show the Iraqi people that they are safe nowhere. Now, the fact of the matter is that these Baghdad bombings are way down but it must still frustrate U.S. command to see some of these slipping through.

Here's the full story from Breitbart.

Baghdad Bombs Kill 23, Police Say

BAGHDAD (AP) - At least 23 people were killed and dozens were wounded Monday when two car bombs, including one driven by a suicide attacker, blew up in Baghdad, police said.
Neither of the attacks took place in parts of the sprawling city where visiting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was located.
In an unrelated incident, the U.S. military reported finding a grave containing 14 people, believed to be members of the Iraqi security forces and thought to have been executed by al-Qaida in Iraq.
In the deadlier of the two attacks in Baghdad, a parked car bomb killed at least 21 people and wounded 43 in central Baghdad's Bab al- Mudham area. The car was parked on a road leading to the nearby Housing and Municipality Ministry, police said. The dead included one police officer, while another four were wounded. The district is a commercial area on the eastern side of the Tigris River.
The U.S. military confirmed there was a car bombing but was investigating the incident and could not immediately provide more details.
In the suicide attack, a man drove a minibus into the headquarters of the Interior Ministry's 4th Brigade, a special quick reaction force based in Baghdad's eastern Zayouna neighborhood. The blast killed at least two police officers and wounded six other people. Associated Press images taken after the blast showed massive damage to homes in the neighborhood.
Authorities who provided details of both bombings spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to release the information.
The U.S. military said its soldiers discovered 14 bodies on Sunday in a mass grave south of the city of Samarra, located about 60 miles north of Baghdad.
The military said all the victims had their hands tied behind their backs and had been shot in the head—execution style.
"Coalition and Iraqi forces believe al-Qaida in Iraq is responsible for these murders. The victims are believed to have been members of Iraqi security forces or Sons of Iraq," a military announcement said. Sons of Iraq is a phrase often used to describe U.S.-funded Sunni tribesman who are now fighting al-Qaida.