Car bombs kill 14 across Baghdad

BAGHDAD - Surging violence in Iraq since the departure of U.S. troops has left at least another 14 people dead across the
capital today in a wave of car bombings.
  

The first attack targeted an early morning gathering of day laborers in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood, killing eight.

Minutes later, an explosives-packed car blew up near a pastry shop in the same district, killing three more people.

Later in the morning, two more explosives-laden cars detonated, killing another three.

Overall, more than 70 people were wounded.
  

At least 170 people have died in attacks since the beginning of the year, many of them Shiite pilgrims attending religious commemorations.
  

Suspected Sunni insurgents have frequently targeted Shiite communities and Iraqi security forces to undermine public confidence in the Shiite-dominated government and its efforts to protect people.