Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Widespread Attacks Kill Over 80 In Iraq



Attacks Across Iraq Kill More Than 80 -- Washington Post

BAGHDAD — More than 80 people were killed and dozens were wounded Monday in a string of attacks across Iraq, the deadliest day in the country this year, police and government officials said.

In the worst incident, two bombs exploded in a busy market in the city center of Kut, killing at least 42 people and injuring more than 50.

In an apparently coordinated series of attacks Monday morning, bombings cut a swath from the northern city of Kirkuk to the pricey Mansour district of Baghdad and south to Najaf. Elsewhere, assailants wielding AK-47s targeted anti-terrorism leaders in Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad.

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More News On The Bloodshed In Iraq

Daylong wave of violence in Iraq kills 89 -- Boston.com/New York Times
Al-Qaida threat in Iraq resurges in 42 attacks -- Seattle Times/New York Times
Onslaught leaves scores dead in Iraq -- StlToday
Gunmen kill four members of government-backed Iraqi militia -- The Guardian
Iraq bomb blasts across 13 cities leave dozens dead -- The Guardian
Attacks that appear linked kill dozens in Iraq -- Kansas City/McClatchy News
Dozens Killed as Wave of Violence Strikes Iraq -- Voice of America
Iraq bomb attacks blamed on al-Qaeda -- The Telegraph
Iraqis furious over series of bomb blasts -- Gulf News
Iraq attacks raise new concerns about U.S. pullout -- L.A. Times
What the attacks in Iraq tell us -- Christian Science Monitor
Iraq, the forgotten war -- Babak Dehghanpisheh, The Daily Beast

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