Iraq Hit By Bomb Attacks Amid Anti-Government Protests

Iraq Is Still Bloody -- The Economist

Though violence has dipped since June, Iraqis are still a sad and fearful bunch.

ON THE last day of 2012, a year after the last American troops left Iraq, ending nearly nine years of military occupation, at least 36 Iraqis perished in a wave of bombings and shootings across the country that targeted policemen, government officials and ordinary people of varied sects. According to Iraq Body Count (IBC), a meticulous mainly American and British monitoring group, the overall toll in deaths of civilians due to political violence last year was 4,471, slightly more than the year before. On average, there were 18 bombings and 53 violent deaths a week. Iraq is hardly a country at peace.

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More News On Iraq

At least 70 killed during religious festival as bombers target Iraq pilgrims, cops -- NBC
Suicide car bomber kills 27 Shi'ite pilgrims in Iraq -- Reuters
Deadly car blast shatters Iraqi town -- Al Jazeera
Car bomb kills Shia pilgrims south of Baghdad Iraq -- BBC
Car bomb stokes Iraq sectarian tensions -- Financial Times
Anti-Maliki Protests Sweep Iraq -- Al-Monitor
Protests engulf west Iraq as Anbar rises against Maliki -- BBC
Iraq PM warns Sunni protesters to end rallies -- Al Jazeera
IBC says 4417 killed in Iraq in 2012 -- Aswat

Bomb Attacks Sweep Iraq Killing Dozens

Deadly Bomb Attacks Rock Iraq For A Third Day -- CNN

Baghdad (CNN) -- At least 43 people were killed and more than 120 injured Thursday in Iraq as a series of bomb attacks ripped through the country for a third day running.

Eight people were killed and 21 others wounded when a car bomb exploded in the southern town of Twareej as a bus carrying Shiite pilgrims passed by, police officials said.

Sixteen more people were killed and another 75 wounded when two car bombs exploded outside popular restaurants in a commercial area of Hilla, about 62 miles (100 kilometers) south of Baghdad.

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More News On Today's Bomb Attacks In Iraq

Scores killed in Iraq blasts -- Al Jazeera
Bombings in Iraq Kill at Least 48 -- New York Times
Iraq bombs take 43 lives -- Gulf Today
Iraq Bombings Target Shi'ite Areas -- Voice of America
Bombings kill Shias in Iraq cities of Hilla and Karbala -- BBC
Scores Dead in Iraq Attacks -- Wall Street Journal

Another Wave Of Bombings In Iraq

String Of Iraq Car Bomb Blasts Kill At Least 32 -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Bombings and shootings killed more than 32 people across Iraq on Sunday, underscoring the government's struggle with a stubborn insurgency more than nine months after the last U.S. troops withdrew.

In Taji, 20 km (12 miles) north of the capital Baghdad, bombs in three parked cars went off separately, killing 11 people and wounding 24, including several policemen.

Reuters footage of the scene of one of the explosions showed the remains of an exploded car surrounded by several completely and partially destroyed houses and cars.

Taji has one of Iraq's largest military airbases but the bombing hit a civilian neighborhood.

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More News On Today's Wave Of Bombing Attacks In Iraq

Gun and bomb attacks kill more than 32 across Iraq -- Independent
Wave of Bomb Attacks Kills 26 in Iraq -- Voice of America
Iraq car bomb attacks target security forces and Shias -- BBC
Al Qaeda-style strikes on Shiites in Iraq kill at least 26 -- Christian Science Monitor/AP
At least 26 killed in Iraq in wave of car bomb attacks -- RT
Police targeted in deadly attacks across Iraq -- Deutsche Welle