Iraqi officials say a pair of car bombings in a Baghdad suburb has killed at least nine people.
A police officer says the two explosive-laden cars went off simultaneously today in a commercial area of the Shiite-dominated Husseiniyah district in northeastern Baghdad.
At least 20 people were wounded in that attack.
A medical official the confirmed casualty figures. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorised to brief the media.
