Wave Of Car Bombings Target Iraqi Shi'ites, Killing 60 -- Reuters
(Reuters) - Car bombs ripped through busy streets and markets in Iraq on Monday, killing at least 60 people in predominantly Shi'ite areas in some of the deadliest violence since Sunni insurgents stepped up attacks this year.
The 17 blasts, which appeared to be coordinated, were concentrated on towns and cities in Iraq's mainly Shi'ite south, and districts of the capital where Shi'ites live.
Militant groups including al Qaeda have increased attacks in recent months in an insurgency against the Shi'ite-led government as a civil war in neighboring Syria heightens sectarian tensions.
The violence has raised fears of a return to full-blown intercommunal conflict in a country where ethnic Kurds, majority Shi'ites and Sunni Muslims have yet to find a stable way of sharing power.
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More News On The Violence In Iraq
17 bombs explode across Iraq killing at least 60 -- RT
Wave of Car Bombs Kills Dozens in Iraq -- New York Times
Iraq blasts: Dozens die in deadly car bombs -- BBC
At least 60 dead as wave of car bombings hits Iraq during rush-hour -- Independent
43 dead after car bombings pummel Baghdad and other areas of Iraq -- CNN
Wave of car bombings in Iraq kills at least 47 -- USA Today/AP
At Least 48 Killed in Iraq Car Bombings -- Voice of America
Serial Car Bomb Blasts Kill Over 50 In Iraq -- RTT
My Comment: 17 car bomb attacks targeting Shiite neighborhoods all on the same day .... there is no question in my mind that this is an organized attempt to start a civil war.
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