Is Syria's Civil War Spilling Into Iraq

Iraq Blasts Point To Spillover -- Wall Street Journal

BEIRUT—Iraq suffered its worst day of violence in nearly two years as bombings and attacks in nearly two dozen towns left almost 100 people dead, in what Iraq's government characterized as a clear spillover of sectarian violence from neighboring Syria.

Attacks broke out at dawn Monday and lasted throughout the day, targeting security and military sites and several predominantly Shiite areas across the Shiite-majority country. As late as 11 p.m. local time, reports came in of a bombing in the Hay Ur neighborhood of Baghdad, raising the death toll to at least 96 people and 318 wounded, according to official tallies.

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My Comment: I have doubts that Syria`s civil war spilling into Iraq. The focus for Sunni extremist groups in the region is to overthrow Assad .... not to launch a terror campaign in Iraq that would only force the Iraqi government to take sides .... including the possibility of assisting the Assad regime.These bombing attacks are the work of Iraqi terror groups, groups that have been at war with the Shiite dominated government since the beginning.