World | Iraq Baghdad Blasts Kill 34; al-Qaeda Blamed Explosions rock apartment buildings across city By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Apr 6, 2010 5:00 AM CDT Copied An Iraqi woman reacts at the scene of a blast in central Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, April 6, 2010. Massive explosions hit apartment buildings across Baghdad, killing at least 34 and wounding scores more. (Karim Kadim) Baghdad's top military spokesman is blaming al-Qaeda in Iraq for a series of massive explosions at apartment buildings across Baghdad that killed at least 34 people. Maj. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi, a spokesman for Baghdad's operations command center, told state-owned TV after the blasts today, "we are in a state of war with the remains of al-Qaeda." He said terrorists are trying to disrupt security and the political process in Iraq, where parties are struggling to form a new government after the March 7 election produced no clear winner. Today's attack was the fourth with multiple casualties in Iraq in five days. Read These Next Hundreds of South Koreans were detained at a Georgia factory site. The story of a failed secret SEAL mission in North Korea. How you make it up the mountain can earn you cheers, or jeers. An 11-year-old girl gave birth at home. The story gets worse. Report an error