http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4109227.stmPowerful car bomb blasts have killed and injured dozens of people in the Iraqi Shia cities of Najaf and Karbala.
In Najaf, at least 30 people died and 65 were injured when a bomb exploded near the Ali Iman shrine, doctors said.
And the aim of the bombers - believed to be Sunni insurgents - is to kill as many Shias as possible and try to stir up sectarian trouble ahead of the 30 January poll, our correspondent says.
A 15-year-old boy lost his left leg in the blast.
"I felt that I was hit by an electric shock. Then I saw my left leg on the ground."
And, according to the article, it's only gonna get worse as we get closer to the election.
WTF?!