At Least 33 Killed In Violence Across Iraq -- Reuters
(Reuters) - At least 33 people were killed in attacks across Iraq on Wednesday that included a coordinated assault against local government and police buildings in the north of the country, police and medical sources said.
Militant groups including the Sunni Islamist al Qaeda have been regaining momentum in their insurgency against Iraq's Shi'ite-led government this year, reviving the specter of the sectarian carnage of 2006-07.
In the northern town of Hawija, two suicide car bombs were detonated outside a local council building and a police station before militants fired mortar rounds and exchanged fire with the army, killing three soldiers, military sources said.
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More News On The Continuing Bloodshed In Iraq
Militants hit north Iraq town as 33 killed nationwide -- AFP
Bombings and other attacks kill 25 across Iraq -- USA Today/AP
Gunmen attack Sunni town in Iraq -- Boston Herald/AP
Ten city workers killed in sectarian attack in northern Iraq -- UPI
Iraq's Sunni-Shiite Killings: When It’s Based on a Name -- Mushreq Abbas for Al-Monitor
Sliding toward Damascus -- Jane Arraf, Miami Herald/Foreign Policy
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