The aftermath of a deadly blast in the Iraqi capital -- one of six that went off in Baghdad on Thursday.<br/> <br />At least nine people were killed and 27 were wounded when a truck bomb exploded in a busy Baghdad market.<br/> <br />The blast accounted for all but two of those killed in the wave of attacks.<br/> <br />The biggest blast went off near a restaurant in the mainly Shi'ite Shula district, and comes as the first serious attack in the city since mid-May, when a suicide bomber attacked a police checkpoint.<br/> <br />Witnesses and police said the suspected bomber left a vegetable delivery truck packed with explosives at the market minutes before the bomb detonated.<br/> <br />While violent attacks persist in the country, they have fallen sharply since the height of sectarian fighting several years ago.<br/> <br />Nonetheless, the threat of attack remains a daily worry for many Iraqis.<br/> <br />Travis Brecher, Reuters
