Iraqi lawmakers elected a new president on Thursday, hours after an attack on a prisoner convoy just north of the capital left dozens dead in murky circumstances. The violence illustrated the challenges facing the country’s politicians as they debate the thornier question of who will become prime minister. Iraqi security officials said the convoy was escorting prisoners from a high-security prison in Al Taji, about 15 miles north of Baghdad, when it was attacked just after dawn. The area is populated mainly by Sunnis, and the prison’s inmates are mostly Sunnis being held on terrorism charges. In a separate incident, two car bombs ripped through Karrada, a usually bustling district in central Baghdad packed with shops and restaurants, as families gathered to break the Ramadan fast at dusk on Thursday. At least […]