Iraq attacks kill at least 70 in Shia, Sunni areas

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Iraqi officials say a car bomb in another Shia neighbourhood in Baghdad has killed 13 people, pushing today's death toll from a deadly wave of bombings and shooting attacks across Iraq to 70.

The officials say the latest blast struck on Monday afternoon in a busy market in the Shaab Shia neighbourhood of the Iraqi capital. A police officer says 25 people were wounded in the explosion.

A medical official confirmed the casualty figures. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to release information.

The latest violence comes after a string of car bombs and shootings tore through Shia and Sunni areas, escalating fears of a return to widespread sectarian bloodletting, officials said. .................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/05/20/iraq-sunni-shia-attacks.html

[xchrom]

1. du rec. nt

[quinnox]

2. seems to be a trend

looks like our invasion to "bring liberty and freeeeeeeedom" ended up bringing a lot of chaos and bloodshed, and its still happening years later.
Way to go USA!

[newmember]

3. worth a watch and really breaks everything down