Dozens Killed in Attack Near U.S. Convoy in Western Baghdad

Three car bombs went off near a U.S. Convoy killing about 35 people and wounding many others. Ten American soldiers were injured in the blast and there were many Iraqi casualties. Witnesses say that a ceremony to open a new water and sewage plant was occurring during the time of the attack. Earlier, an American soldier was killed and three others injured at a checkpoint by an exploding roadside bomb in western Baghdad.