Across Iraq, Insurgents Show Reach in Attacks -- New York Times
BAGHDAD — Militants attacked a university in the western city of Ramadi early Saturday, forcing students and professors to flee gunfire and shelling, while in the capital, at least 48 people were killed by car bombs in an apparently coordinated series of explosions.
It was the third day of surging violence in Iraq. Since Thursday, Sunni militants have conducted a series of lightning attacks in major cities, leaving scores of people dead and the government forces scrambling to recover.
On Thursday, gunmen carrying the banner of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, a Sunni extremist group, swept into the central city of Samarra, briefly capturing police stations, city buildings and several neighborhoods before being driven out.
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More News On The Escalating Violence In Iraq
Attacks showcase strength of militants in Iraq -- AFP
Bombing on Kurdish party HQ in Iraq kills 18 -- Reuters
Double Bombing at Party Office Kills 19 in Iraq -- AP
Multiple bombings target Kurds in Iraq -- Al Jazeera
Security slips further in Iraq as car bombs hit Baghdad -- Euronews
Iraq car bombings leave scores dead -- Al Jazeera
Baghdad car bombs kill 60; militants storm Ramadi university -- Reuters
Iraq militants seize hostages after storming university near Ramadi -- The Guardian
More than 100 people dead in Iraq in single day of violence -- RT
Carnage Across Iraq Leaves 184 Killed, 183 Wounded -- Antiwar.com
My Comment: I think now is the time to start calling the ongoing violence and mayhem in Iraq for what it is .... a Sunni - Shiite civil war.
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