From Yahoo News
By Thomas Wagner

Six car bombs exploded in the Iraqi capital Monday, killing at least six people and wounding dozens, and police discovered the bodies of 17 Iraqis — apparent victims of sectarian slayings the United States hopes the country’s new government can put to an end.

Elsewhere, a roadside bomb, two drive-by shootings and a mortar round killed six other people, police said. The violence underlines the challenges as prime minister-designate Jawad al-Maliki begins the tough task of assembling a Cabinet out of Iraq’s Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish parties.

On Monday morning, political parties met separately in Baghdad to discuss proposed Cabinet ministers and were to meet as a group later in the day, said Kamal al-Saeidi of al-Maliki’s Dawa party.

A day earlier, President Bush called al-Maliki, the Iraqi president and the parliament speaker — all named on Saturday — and urged the quick formation of a coalition government. Al-Maliki, a Shiite, has 30 days to choose a Cabinet, but the political parties are under enormous pressure — from Americans and even Shiite religious leaders — to move quickly without the often intractable haggling over ministries.

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