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  • 22 killed in nine car bombings in Iraq

    At least 22 people were killed and more than 130 others injured in a string of nine car bombings Monday in the Iraqi capital and in the southern oil hub of Basra, police said. Two car bombs went off almost simultaneously in Basra, 550 km south of Baghdad, killing at least 11 people and wounding 35 others, police told Xinhua. In Baghdad, seven car bombs ripped through different parts of the ...

  • Iraq hit by wave of bombings

    Officials in Iraq say a wave of car bombings across Baghdad's Shi'ite neighbourhoods and in the southern city of Basra have killed at least 40 ...

  • Iraq Wave of bombings kills scores wounds hundreds targeting markets and bus stops in Baghdad and beyond

    New York Times cited officials as saying that the series of blasts began in the oil-rich southern city of Basra when two car bombs went off at a restaurant and a bus stop. Soon after, at least seven car bombs went off in Baghdad, targeting market places and crowded bus stops during the busy morning ...

  • Iraq Bombs And Attacks On Police Kill Dozens

    A wave of car bombings and attacks on police in Iraq has killed at least 58 people - including 24 officers. The large-scale bombings across Baghdad's Shiite areas and the southern city of Basra on Monday killed at least 34. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but the blasts bore the hallmarks of al Qaeda in Iraq. In the capital, nine car bombs went off, striking at bus ...

  • Iraq hit by multiple car bombs

    The attacks are the latest in a recent spike of bombings that has hit both Sunni and Shia civilian targets over the past week. The bloodshed has raised fears of a return to the widespread sectarian violence of 2006-2007 that brought the country to the edge of civil ...

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  • Baghdad Car Bombings Kill 16 Wound 75 In Shiite Neighborhoods

    BAGHDAD - A wave of car bombings across Baghdad's Shiite neighborhoods and in the southern city of Basra killed at least 40 people on Monday, striking at market places and crowded bus stops during the busy morning hours, officials said. The attacks are the latest in a recent spike of bombings that has hit both Sunni and Shiite civilian targets over the past week. The bloodshed has raised ...

  • Car bombs target Iraqi Shiites killing at least 43

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 20 people were killed by a series of car bombs in mainly Shi'ite districts of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on Monday and 11 others were killed by attacks in the southern city of Basra, police and medics ...

  • Iraq Baghdad and Basra hit by car bomb attacks

    14/05/2013 01:07 CET At least 20 people were killed by a series of car bombings in Baghdad on Monday, May 20. The eight blasts mainly targeted Shi’ite neighbourhoods of the Iraqi capital. In the southern city of Basra, two more car bombs left at least 14 people dead. Officials said dozens more had been injured by the blasts, which targeted a bus stop and a restaurant. The bloodshed is ...

  • Wave of car bombings across Iraq leave at least 30 dead

    At least 20 people were killed by a series of car bombs in mainly Shia districts of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, today and 11 others were killed by attacks in the southern city of Basra, police and medics ...

  • Dozens killed in rash of Iraq violence

    Nine car bombings and several shootings leave dozens dead Many of the attacks take place in predominately Shiite areas Police have not pinpointed who is behind the attacks Violence in Iraq often alternates between Sunni and Shiite ...

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