NEW : The $ 10 million deal has been in place since March , U.S. Embassy said . Death toll grows quickly as explosions erupt throughout Iraq . Celebrations marked beginning of Ramadan . In Karbala , about 100 kilometers , or 62 miles , south of Baghdad , a car bomb exploded near a bus station , killing two people and wounding 15 others . It was deadliest in Iraq since the outbreak of Sunni - Shiite violence in 2006 and 2007 .
NEW : The $ 10 million deal has been in place since March , U.S. Embassy said . Death toll grows quickly as explosions erupt throughout Iraq . Celebrations marked beginning of Ramadan . It was deadliest in Iraq since the outbreak of Sunni - Shiite violence in 2006 and 2007 .