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String of Explosions Kills 50 in Iraq
Iraqi soldiers examine wreckage left by a car bomb in Baghdad. Explosions rocked the Adhamiyah neighborhood in quick succession Friday.
(By Hadi Mizban -- Associated Press)
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At one hospital in hard-hit Adhamiyah, pickup trucks newly loaded with six coffins belonging to slain civilians sat parked outside, surrounded by mourning families.
At a traffic circle in Adhamiyah, an artillery shell that had failed to detonate lay under a traffic light. A member of the Iraqi security forces stood among severed legs and an arm, guarding the scene.
Civilian survivors said some in the security forces carried away their wounded, then blocked access in and out for civilian wounded.
Najjar, a 39-year-old carpenter, had rushed to comfort his four terrified children after one blast, then panicked when blood from his own glass cuts fell on them, making him think they were wounded. Their injuries were not serious.
Fearing more blasts, neighborhood men took to searching vehicles, hunting for bombs.
Hours later, National Guard members still blocked the streets. Neighborhood women stopped to comfort them.
"May God protect you, my sons," a woman passing with her granddaughter said. "You do not deserve what is happening."
Correspondent Ellen Knickmeyer contributed to this report.
