29 killed in series of attacks in Iraq

A spate of car bombs in Baghdad and central Iraq killed at least 29 and injured 69 people on Friday, AFP has reported.

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BAGHDAD A spate of car bombs in Baghdad and central Iraq killed at least 29 and injured 69 people on Friday, AFP has reported. Twin explosions at a popular bird market in the north Baghdad neighborhood of Kazimiyah killed at least 16 and wounded around 43 persons on Friday morning. 29 killed in series of attacks in Iraq In the predominantly-Shiite Iraqi province of Babil on Friday, two car bombs in the town of Shomali, south of Baghdad, killed 13 people and wounded 47 others, AFP has reported. Sunni militants, including Al-Qaeda's front group in Iraq, often target Shiite neighborhoods with deadly attacks in a bid to push the country back to the sectarian bloodshed that blighted it from 2005 to 2008, AFP points out. The violence is the latest in a spike in unrest in Iraq, which has been struck by waves of car bombs and suicide attacks amid a political crisis and weeks of rallies in Sunni-majority areas calling for the ouster of Shiite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the French news agency has reported. An Iraqi boy stands at the scene of a car bomb attack in Baghdad's northern Kazimiyah neighborhood (Beta/AP) Tanjug

29 killed in series of attacks in Iraq

In the predominantly-Shiite Iraqi province of Babil on Friday, two car bombs in the town of Shomali, south of Baghdad, killed 13 people and wounded 47 others, AFP has reported.

Sunni militants, including Al-Qaeda's front group in Iraq, often target Shiite neighborhoods with deadly attacks in a bid to push the country back to the sectarian bloodshed that blighted it from 2005 to 2008, AFP points out.

The violence is the latest in a spike in unrest in Iraq, which has been struck by waves of car bombs and suicide attacks amid a political crisis and weeks of rallies in Sunni-majority areas calling for the ouster of Shiite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the French news agency has reported.

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