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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 ...

  • Wave of attacks hits Shia and Sunni areas of Iraq killing at least 57

    Civilians inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in the Kamaliyah neighbourhood, a predominantly Shia area of eastern Baghdad, May 20, 2013. (Hadi ...

  • Iraq car bombings leaves scores of civilians dead

    Iraq on Monday, killing at least 57 people and escalating fears of a return to widespread sectarian bloodletting, officials saidThe attacks, some of which targeted market places and crowded bus stops during the rush hour, are the latest in a recent spike in violence in Iraq that has targeted both Sunni and Shiae civilians and pushed the death toll over the past week to more than 200 people. The ...

  • Fears of Civil War Grip Iraq as Bombings and Death Skyrocket

    Providing further evidence that Iraq is already experiencing the violence of a civil war, multiple bombings in two major cities on Monday killed dozens of people and injured many ...

  • Iraq violence kills 50 in two days

    Two days of bombings, attacks on police and a botched hostage rescue killed 50 people in Iraq, among them 24 police who died as security sharply deteriorates in Anbar province, officials said Monday. Anbar, to the west of Baghdad, is home to two of the main centres of Sunni anti-government protests that broke out almost five months ago, and has since seen a number of attacks on security ...

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  • Dozens killed in wave of bombings in Iraq

    The attacks, some of which hit market places and crowded bus stops during the busy morning hours, are the latest in a recent spike in violence in Iraq that has targeted both Sunni and Shiite civilians and pushed the death toll over the past week to more than 200 people. The scenes have been reminiscent of the retaliatory attacks between the two groups that pushed the country to the brink of ...

  • Iraq bombs targeting Shiites leave dozens dead

    Iraqi security forces and civilians inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in the Kamaliyah neighborhood, a predominantly Shiite area of eastern Baghdad, Iraq, May 20, ...

  • Deadly sectarian violence rages in Iraq

    Iraqi security forces and civilians inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in the Kamaliyah neighborhood, a predominantly Shiite area of eastern Baghdad, Iraq, May 20, ...

  • 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 ...

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