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Iraq car bombs kill 16: officials

February 8, 2013 04:46
A spate of car bombs in Baghdad and central Iraq, including two explosions minutes apart at a popular bird market, killed 16 people and wounded dozens on Friday, security and medical officials said. Twin blasts struck just after 9:00 am (0600 GMT) at the market in Baghdad's predominantly Shiite neighbourhood of Kadhimiyah, an interior ministry official and a medical source said. At least 11 people were killed and 30 others wounded in the explosions at the bird market, which is often crowded with visitors on Fridays, the weekly holiday in Iraq.

UPDATE 3-Car bombs in Shi'ite areas of Iraq kill 34

February 8, 2013 04:45
* Simultaneous bomb attacks at Baghdad pet market kill 16 * Fifteen dead at vegetable market south of the capital * Sunni protests are increasing tensions ahead of April vote (Updates death toll, adds blast in Kerbala, details) By Kareem Raheem BAGHDAD, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Five car bombs killed at least 34 people in Shi'ite areas of Iraq on Friday, police and medics said, as sectarian and ethnic tensions intensify ahead of provincial elections in April.

Eight dead on third day of Iraq suicide bombs

February 5, 2013 07:45
Attacks north of Baghdad, including a third suicide blast in as many days, killed at least eight people Tuesday, officials said, amid a spike in violence that has left almost 70 people dead in all. The latest bloodshed, in which over 150 people have been wounded, has raised tensions as Iraq grapples with a political crisis and demonstrators in mostly Sunni areas of the country call for the resignation of the Shiite premier.
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