In Iraq the death toll from a string of attacks on Monday has risen to at least 54. Over 130 people were wounded. In the deadliest attack, two suicide car bombers drove into a crowd in the city of Tall Afar killing at least 35 people. Earlier in the day, eight people died in Baghdad following a car bombing outside a popular restaurant in a Shiite neighborhood. Also on Monday the Pentagon announced that five U.S. soldiers died over the weekend.