ROUGH CUT - NO REPORTER NARRATION<br/> <br />A series of car bombs exploded in busy areas in predominantly Shi'ite neighbourhoods of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 42 people and wounding dozens more, police and medical sources said.<br/> <br />The deadliest attack took place in Sadr City, where a car bomb blew up near a place where workers had gathered. It killed at least seven people, including two soldiers<br/> <br />It was not immediately clear who carried out the attacks, but hardline Sunni militants who view Shi'ites as non-believers have been stepping up their insurgency and striking with a ferocity not seen in years.<br/> <br />More than two years of civil war in neighbouring Syria have aggravated deep-rooted sectarian divisions and strained Iraq's fragile coalition of Shi'ite, Kurdish and Sunni factions.<br/> <br />Shi'ites, security personnel government employees of both sects and governmental-backed Sunni "Sahwa" militia members are prime targets for al-Qaeda and the Sunni insurgents.<br/> <br />On S
