Bomb Attacks Kill 71 In Baghdad And Suburbs -- Reuters
(Reuters) - At least 71 people were killed and 201 wounded in a series of bombings and other attacks across Baghdad on Wednesday, police and medical sources said, extending the worst wave of sectarian bloodshed in Iraq for at least five years.
It was not immediately clear who carried out the attacks, which appeared coordinated, but Sunni Muslim insurgents including the al Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq have significantly stepped up bombings this year.
More than two years of civil war in neighboring Syria have aggravated deep-rooted sectarian divisions in Iraq, fraying the country's uneasy coalition of Shi'ite Muslim, Sunni Muslim and Kurdish factions.
In Sadr City, an impoverished Shi'ite district in Baghdad's northeast, two car bombs killed seven people. A restaurant owner said he saw an attacker just before one of the explosions.
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More News On Today's Bomb Attacks In Baghdad
Iraq attacks kill at least 74 as government goes on ‘high alert’ over possible Syria strike -- Washington Post/AP
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Baghdad bombs: Dozens killed, scores wounded -- CNN
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Death toll in Iraq bombings rises to at least 71 -- Irish Times
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