Sunday, September 22, 2013

Iraq's Violence Continues To Spiral Out Of Control



UN Warns Against Iraq Revenge Attacks As Blasts Kill 73 -- The Nation

The UN warned on Sunday against revenge attacks in Iraq after two blasts killed 73 people in a Shiite area of Baghdad a day after a Sunni mosque was bombed.

Saturday's bombings struck near funeral tents for a tribal sheikh in the Sadr City district of north Baghdad and also wounded more than 200 people.

It was just the latest in an upsurge of violence that has brought death tolls to their highest level since 2008, when Iraq was emerging from a brutal sectarian conflict.

"Retaliation can only bring more violence and it is the responsibility of all leaders to take strong action not to let violence escalate further," Gyorgy Busztin, the UN secretary general's deputy special representative for Iraq, said in a statement.

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More News On The Escalating Violence In Iraq

Assault on Iraq funeral, other attacks kill 96 -- Bloomberg Businessweek
96 killed after suicide bombers target mourners at funeral in Iraq -- CTV/AP
Over 90 killed in Iraq suicide bombings targeting Shiites -- RT
U.N. warns against escalation after Iraq blasts kill 73 -- Al Arabiya
More than 60 killed in Iraq funeral bombing -- BBC
At least 65 killed in attack in Baghdad Shi'ite stronghold -- Reuters
Iraq Violence Leaves 60 Dead -- Voice of America
Attacks Kill Scores in Iraq as Violence Surges -- New York Times/AP
Sectarian Violence Reignites in an Iraqi Town -- New York Times
Iraq's Violence Spirals Out of Control -- Voice of America
Insight: Iraqis hesitate on the edge of chaos -- Reuters
Iraq is lost -- Charles Bybelezer, Jerusalem Post

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