Breaking news from Baghdad:
At least 157 people have been killed in a string of attacks in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, security officials say.
In the deadliest incident, some 115 people were killed in a car bombing in a food market in Sadriya district.
An attack on a police checkpoint in Sadr City and several other explosions left at least another 42 people dead.
The attacks came as Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki said Iraqi forces would assume control of the country’s security by the end of the year.
And the beat goes on ….
