Deadly Explosions Rattle Baghdad - NYTimes.com Kareem Raheem/Reuters A street in Sadr City was strewn with debris after a bomb attack on Tuesday. BAGHDAD - A series of explosions in Shiite neighborhoods here killed nine people and wounded dozens more on Tuesday, the latest in a wave of sectarian attacks. No group claimed responsibility, but the bombings bore the hallmarks of others by the insurgent group Al Qaeda in Iraq, which says it has shifted its attention to Shiites and sources of Iranian influence following the withdrawal of the American military. The group says Iran has destroyed Iraq over the past several years by "killing the best families, the elite, the educated." During the past month, insurgents have increased their attacks against Shiites, including pilgrims marching to a shrine in southern Iraq for one of their holiest rituals. The onslaught has raised questions among Iraqis about the capabilities of their security forces without the aid of the American military. The violence here began early on Tuesday, while many Iraqis were heading to work. Around 7 a.m., a car bomb exploded near a gathering of day laborers in the Shiite slum of Sadr City, killing six and wounding 23. About a half hour later, another car bomb detonated near a bakery in the neighborhood, wounding 13. An hour later, three explosions struck north Baghdad. A blast near a school in Shulla killed two people and wounded 10, including several students. Another person died in an explosion in the neighborhood of Hurriyah. Salah Haider, 40, was standing near the first explosion in Sadr City and sustained wounds to his arms and legs. "Americans have left the country, why are they now targeting us?" he said of the insurgents. What did we do wrong? The explosions left some of the victims badly maimed. "Where are my legs?" shouted Emad Jasim, 21, at a hospital in Sadr City. Tell me where my legs are. Why are they not there? An employee for The New York Times contributed reporting from Baghdad.