ISIS claimed responsibility for a bombing in Baghdad's Karradda district near | Kobane news

• published: 09 Nov 2014
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Meanwhile yesterday, a series of bombings in and around Baghdad killed at least 43 civilians, with the deadliest blast hitting the Shi'ite district of Sadr City, where a car bomb tore through a commercial area, killing 11 people and wounding 21. On Friday, US President Barack Obama authorised the deployment of up to 1,500 more American troops to bolster Iraqi forces, including into Anbar province, where fighting with Islamic State militants has been fierce. The plan could boost the total number of US troops in Iraq to 3,100. "What is needed from the US is that it should work to bring the Iraqi people together," said Hamid Al Mutlaq, a Sunni Iraqi legislator. "America, and others, should not become an obstacle that hinder the Iraqis' ambitions for a free Iraqi decision that serves the interests of Iraq." No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack in Baiji. Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi, recognising Al Zamel's standing, led mourners at his funeral yesterday and a top army officer, Gen Abdulwahab Al Saadi, vowed to avenge his death. A US-led coalition has been launching air strikes on Islamic State militants and facilities in Iraq and Syria for months, as part of an effort to give Iraqi forces the time and space to mount a more effective offensive. Besides the Sadr City bombing, at least nine people were killed when a car bomb tore through a commercial street lined with restaurants in the southeastern Baghdad neighbourhood of Al Amin. Two car bombs also killed eight people on a commercial street in Baghdad's southwestern Amil neighbourhood, police officials said. A car bomb also detonated on a commercial street in Baghdad's busy central Al Karadah district, killing seven people. In Yousifiya, a town just south of the capital, two people were killed in a bombing near a fruit and vegetable market. Another car bomb struck Zafaraniya in southeastern Baghdad, killing six people.