BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen ambushed a bus carrying workers to Baghdad airport on Monday, underlining the challenge facing the U.S.-backed government in implementing a new security plan aimed at stemming sectarian bloodshed in the capital.
A hospital source said 15 bodies and 15 wounded people had been brought to the hospital after the attack in the Sunni Arab neighbourhood of Amriya in western Baghdad. Police and an Interior Ministry source said four were killed and nine wounded.
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