BAGHDAD: A string of bombings killed 17 people across Iraq's capital Saturday, including Iranian pilgrims near a revered shrine and shoppers at a Shiite neighborhood market, authorities said. The attacks - several roadside bombs and cars packed with explosives - wounded more than 100 people. Most of the casualties were likely Shiites. Police said the deadliest strike targeted a marketplace in Baiyaa, a Shiite district in southwestern Baghdad. A car parked outside a shopping area exploded around midday, killing six people and wounding 42. Hospital officials confirmed the casualties. “We were terrified,” said Ali Tuma Al-Nidawi, 30, a government employee was shopping with neighbors when he heard three explosions within minutes of each other. “Shops and people were burning, and people were running everywhere. I did mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to many people who were not breathing because of the smoke.” Near-simultaneous blasts also hit two groups of Iranian pilgrims near the gold-domed Moussa Al-Kazim mosque in the Shiite neighborhood of Kazimiyah, according to security forces. A pair of bombs killed five pilgrims resting near the shrine. A car exploded next to a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims in the nearby Shiite area of Shula, killing another three people. Police and medical officials said those two attacks wounded 52 people. Earlier, police said a roadside bomb targeting a judge's security convoy in downtown Baghdad killed three people, including two guards, and wounded seven passers-by. The judge was not in the convoy as it drove through Karradah, an area of mixed-ethnicity. The bombings came as German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle led a group of German lawmakers and business leaders on a one-day trip to Iraq for meetings with senior leaders, including President Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister Nuri Al
