Explosions, shootings shatter calm in Iraq (AP)

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Seven Shiite workers were gunned down Saturday in a religiously mixed area of west Baghdad, and explosions in the heart of the capital shattered a one-day calm after a ban on private vehicles expired. The United States was moving to bolster U.S. troop strength in Baghdad to cope with escalating violence between Sunnis and Shiites. The seven Shiites died in a drive-by shooting at noon in the Furat neighborhood near Baghdad International Airport, police Lt. Maitham Abdul-Razzaq said ...