In Iraq, a series of car bombs killed about 60 people on Sunday. 36 civilians died in a marketplace bombing in Sadr City. Another 20 civilians died in the northern city of Kirkuk after a car bomb exploded outside a courthouse. Saturday was also a bloody day in Baghdad. Two American soldiers were killed , seven Shiite construction workers were gunned down and five Sunni civilians were blown up. The bombings came as Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was preparing to travel to London and Washington to meet with Tony Blair and President Bush. In London al-Maliki condemned Israel’s destruction of Lebanon’s infrastructure and vowed to push for a ceasefire. British reporter Patrick Cockburn says Iraqis are terrified in a way that he has never seen over the past three decades. The United Nations estimates that 6,000 civilians were killed in Iraq in May and June but Cockburn says the violence has been far worse during the past month.