Additional bombings have shaken Baghdad, a day after a massive blast ripped through a crowded market killing over 130 people. According to AFP, the latest series of roadside bomb attacks killed at least 11 people, including four policemen, security sources said.
A passing police patrol in Baghdad's Al-Qasra district was one of the targets of Sunday's roadside bomb attacks, with four policemen died and another four were injured, security sources said. Another car bomb attack near a bus station in Baghdad left four people dead and seven wounded.
Police, meanwhile, declared a night-time curfew in the central Shiite holy city of Najaf Sunday.
In another development, the chief U.S. military spokesman said Sunday all four U.S. helicopters that have crashed in Iraq since Jan. 20 appear to have been brought down by "some kind" of ground fire. According to the AP, it was the first time that the U.S. command has publicly acknowledged that the three Army helicopters and one private helicopter were probably shot down.
Maj. Gen. William Caldwell told reporters that the investigations into the crashes are incomplete but "it does appear they were all the result of some kind of anti-Iraqi ground fire that did bring those helicopters down."
"We don't see this as a focus just on the multinational force," Caldwell said. "There's been an ongoing effort since we've been here to target our helicopters. Based on what we have seen, we're already making adjustments in our tactics and techniques and procedures as to how we employ our helicopters."
