| An Iraqi woman screams in tears in front of the security guard as victims of suicide bomb are transported to the emergency hospital in Irbil, Iraq |
Pools of blood and body parts stained the street in the normally quiet Kurdish city, as ambulances evacuated the dead and wounded to hospitals. The militant group Ansar al-Sunnah claimed responsibility on its website for Wednesday's blast, saying it was in retaliation for Kurdish cooperation with U.S. and coalition forces.
Another car bomb attack killed nine Iraqi troops in Baghdad Wednesday. More than 200 people have died in insurgent attacks over the last week. Rebels increased attacks after Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari announced a partial cabinet list last week.
On Tuesday, the new interim government was sworn in.
Some information for this story provided by AFP and Reuters.