In Iraq, Suicide Attacks Kill 45, Wound 150

BAGHDAD, Iraq — A pair of suicide bombers detonated explosives yesterday among shoppers in a crowded outdoor market in a Shiite city south of Baghdad, killing 45 people and wounding 150, police said. Bombs and a mortar attack killed at least 17 others in both Shiite and Sunni areas of Baghdad.

About 100 people were killed or found dead across the country, reflecting the ongoing wave of sectarian and insurgency bloodletting as the American military gears up for a security operation.