At Least 113 Killed In Series Of Baghdad Attacks -- L.A. Times
At least 17 coordinated explosions are set off in Shiite neighborhoods. Al Qaeda in Iraq is believed to be behind the violence, which appears aimed at igniting a new sectarian war.
Reporting from Baghdad — Militants unleashed a wave of deadly attacks in Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 113 people in Shiite neighborhoods in an apparent bid to provoke a new sectarian war in the country.
Seventeen car bombs and other blasts shook the city at sunset in one of the bloodiest days this year. The coordinated attacks, which bore the earmark of the Sunni Arab militant group Al Qaeda in Iraq, came just 48 hours after 58 people were killed after armed men seized a Baghdad church.
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More News On Today's Bloodshed in Baghdad
Baghdad grinds to halt as bomb attacks blanket a reeling city -- Christian Science Monitor
Reports: Up to 110 killed, 280 wounded in attacks in Baghdad -- USA Today
Scores die in bomb attacks on Baghdad Shia areas -- The Guardian
A look at the mostly Shiite Baghdad neighbourhoods targeted Tuesday night in series of attacks -- Canadian Press
Bombs kill dozens as Iraqi Christians mourn -- Reuters
57 killed, 248 wounded in Baghdad explosions -- Xinhuanet
Iraq Surge Fail Update -- The Atlantic
Factbox: Dozens killed as bombs shake Iraqi capital -- Reuters
Iraq Bombings Could Herald New Deadly Phase -- Newsweek
My Comment: With U.S. forces at a bare minimum in Iraq, and coupled this with a Shiite dominated interim Iraqi government that is openly hostile to the Sunni minority, the groundwork is now being laid for a resumption of the sectarian violence that last erupted in Iraq 3 years ago. But unlike the U.S. surge that stopped this violence in 2007, there is no appetite in this White House to rush into Iraq in the event of a worse case scenario breaking out.
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