Security and medical sources say more than 58 people have been killed and over 250 others maimed in a series of bombings and gun attacks across Iraq over the past two days.The deadliest attack took place in a town near the city of Amara, situated some 365 kilometers (226 miles) south of Storied Baghdad
...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate...
, on Sunday, when twin car booms went off, Rooters reported.
A local police source, speaking on condition of anonymity
... for fear of being murdered...
, said that the attack occurred after midday when a car boom went
kaboom!at a marketplace near a shrine in the town.
Minutes later, another car boom exploded when Iraqi security forces and civilians gathered at the scene of the first blast to evacuate the victims.
The two blasts killed a total of 18 people and maimed 70 others.
Meanwhile,
...back at the pound, Zebulon finally found just the friend he'd been looking for...
a car boom went
kaboom!about 7:30 a.m. local time (0430 GMT) on Sunday in a car park at the rear gate of the state-owned North Oil Company - situated about 15 kilometers (nine miles) from the northern oil-rich city of Kirkuk.
Seven people were killed and 17 others maimed in the act of violence.
In Kirkuk itself, three people bit the dust and 70 others suffered injuries in two kabooms. The blasts destroyed cars, and damaged government buildings in the city.
A car boom also seriously maimed six Iraqi soldiers west of Kirkuk,
... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time...
while another left two people maimed in Hawija, situated approximately 48 kilometers (30 miles) south of Kirkuk.
In another attack, gunnies opened fire late on Saturday on an Iraqi army checkpoint near Balad, situated 80 kilometers (49 miles) north of Storied Baghdad. Shortly later, a roadside kaboom went
kaboom!when additional soldiers arrived.
An unnamed army colonel said eleven soldiers, including two officers, were killed and eight others maimed in the attacks.
Security and medical officials said a police captain was also rubbed out on Saturday night in the town of Garma, located 30 kilometers (20 miles) northwest of Storied Baghdad.
Separately, one person was killed and at least seven others maimed after three car booms rocked Taji, situated 30 kilometers (20 miles) north of Storied Baghdad.
And five roadside kabooms went off in and around Baqouba, situated 60 kilometers (37 miles) north of Storied Baghdad, killing a soldier and wounding 17 others.
Meanwhile,
...back at the pound, Zebulon finally found just the friend he'd been looking for...
a bomb detonated near the French consulate in Nasiriyah, situated 305 kilometers (190 miles) south of Storied Baghdad, on Sunday. The kaboom caused material damage and maimed an unspecified number of people.
Additionally, a car boom went
kaboom!in front of a hotel in Nasiriyah, killing two people and wounding two others
Several more deaths have been reported in attacks in Tuz Khurmatu, southern port city of Basra, Tal Afar and Samarra.
The latest violence brings the number of people killed in attacks so far this month to 82, according to an AFP tally based on security and medical sources.