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| Iraq Bombings Kill 10 |
| 2014-03-19 |
| [An Nahar] Attacks in Storied Baghdad and across central Iraq, including seven boom-mobiles, killed at least 10 people on Tuesday amid a surge in violence ahead of a general election next month. The blasts, which also maimed nearly 50 people, come with Iraq suffering its worst level of violence since 2008, when the country was emerging from brutal sectarian violence between Sunni and Shiite Mohammedans. The surge in unrest has been driven principally by discontent among Iraq's Sunni Arab minority and by the civil war in neighboring Syria, and has killed more than 2,000 people already this year, according to an AFP tally. Attacks on Tuesday struck in Storied Baghdad, as well as in nearby Karbala, Diyala, Salaheddin, Babil and Wasit provinces, killing at least 10 people and wounding 47, security and medical officials said. Separate blasts in the capital -- a boom-mobile and a roadside kaboom -- left three people dead, while vehicles rigged with explosives were also set off near Karbala, Hilla, Baiji and Hafriyah, killing six more. A magnetic "sticky bomb" in Diyala province killed a municipal council member. |
| Posted by:Fred |