Bombs kill at least 30 in Iraq
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May 31, 2013, Friday
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A series of bombs in Iraq, including one targeting a provincial governor, killed at least 30 people yesterday and wounded dozens as a tireless wave of violence further rattled the country.
Iraq is experiencing its most relentless round of bloodshed since the 2011 US military withdrawal, deepening fears that the country is heading back toward the widespread sectarian fighting that pushed it to the brink of civil war in the years after the invasion.
More than 500 people have been killed in May, with attacks escalating in the last two weeks. The month before was Iraq's deadliest since June 2008, according to a United Nations tally that put April's death toll at more than 700.
Baghdad has announced a ban in effect from early today on cars bearing temporary black license plates. Authorities say they are frequently used in car bombings.
Most of yesterday blasts went off in Baghdad. Car bombs killed four in the northeastern Shiite neighborhood of Binouq, and three died in a bombing at a market selling spare car parts in central Baghdad, according to police.
In Baghdad's eastern Shiite Ur neighborhood, a parked car bomb went off next to an army patrol, killing four and wounding 17, police said.
Police officials also said that a roadside bomb exploded near a police patrol in the largely Shiite central commercial district of Karradah, killing three people there.
"What have these innocent people done to deserve this?" asked witness Sinan Ali. "So many people were hurt. Who is responsible?"
In Baghdad's northern Shiite neighborhood of Shaab, a car bomb exploded in a commercial area, killing six civilians and wounding 17 others.
In the largely Sunni neighborhood of Azamiyah in the capital's north, a car bomb struck near a military convoy, killing three people, including two soldiers, according to police. Another 14 people were wounded in that attack.
In Anbar province, the provincial governor escaped an assassination attempt when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into his convoy. The governor escaped unharmed, but four of his guards were wounded.
Anbar is a vast Sunni-dominated province west of Baghdad that has been the center for months of protests against the Shiite-led government.
In the northern city of Mosul, a suicide bomber killed three when he blew himself up on a federal police checkpoint. Mosul is a former insurgent stronghold.
And to the west of Mosul, a suicide attacker drove his explosives-packed car into a security checkpoint, killing two officers and two civilians.
Iraq is experiencing its most relentless round of bloodshed since the 2011 US military withdrawal, deepening fears that the country is heading back toward the widespread sectarian fighting that pushed it to the brink of civil war in the years after the invasion.
More than 500 people have been killed in May, with attacks escalating in the last two weeks. The month before was Iraq's deadliest since June 2008, according to a United Nations tally that put April's death toll at more than 700.
Baghdad has announced a ban in effect from early today on cars bearing temporary black license plates. Authorities say they are frequently used in car bombings.
Most of yesterday blasts went off in Baghdad. Car bombs killed four in the northeastern Shiite neighborhood of Binouq, and three died in a bombing at a market selling spare car parts in central Baghdad, according to police.
In Baghdad's eastern Shiite Ur neighborhood, a parked car bomb went off next to an army patrol, killing four and wounding 17, police said.
Police officials also said that a roadside bomb exploded near a police patrol in the largely Shiite central commercial district of Karradah, killing three people there.
"What have these innocent people done to deserve this?" asked witness Sinan Ali. "So many people were hurt. Who is responsible?"
In Baghdad's northern Shiite neighborhood of Shaab, a car bomb exploded in a commercial area, killing six civilians and wounding 17 others.
In the largely Sunni neighborhood of Azamiyah in the capital's north, a car bomb struck near a military convoy, killing three people, including two soldiers, according to police. Another 14 people were wounded in that attack.
In Anbar province, the provincial governor escaped an assassination attempt when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into his convoy. The governor escaped unharmed, but four of his guards were wounded.
Anbar is a vast Sunni-dominated province west of Baghdad that has been the center for months of protests against the Shiite-led government.
In the northern city of Mosul, a suicide bomber killed three when he blew himself up on a federal police checkpoint. Mosul is a former insurgent stronghold.
And to the west of Mosul, a suicide attacker drove his explosives-packed car into a security checkpoint, killing two officers and two civilians.
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