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At least four car bombs have exploded in Iraq, with reports of dozens dead and many more wounded. | At least four car bombs have exploded in Iraq, with reports of dozens dead and many more wounded. |
Two truck bombs exploded in a Shia village near the northern city of Mosul, killing at least 23 people and injuring more than 100. | Two truck bombs exploded in a Shia village near the northern city of Mosul, killing at least 23 people and injuring more than 100. |
Meanwhile, two car bombs went off near construction sites in Baghdad. More than a dozen people are reported killed and many more wounded. | Meanwhile, two car bombs went off near construction sites in Baghdad. More than a dozen people are reported killed and many more wounded. |
The attacks come exactly a month after US troops pulled back from Iraq cities. | |
Nearly 40 people were killed in a series of attacks on Shias on Friday. | |
Losing confidence | |
At around 0400 (0100 GMT) on Monday, trucks bombs exploded nearly simultaneously in the village of Khaznah, 20km (13 miles) east of Mosul. | |
The blasts were so powerful that at least 30 homes in the village - home to the tiny Shia Shabak ethnic group - were completely destroyed. | |
All the dead were civilians because the trucks were parked in an alley and not near a police station, the Associated Press news agency reports. | |
Ethnically-mixed Mosul - Iraq's second city - is one of the last strongholds of al-Qaeda in Iraq, and still sees frequent attacks despite a decline in violence elsewhere in the country. | |
However, despite security gains in Baghdad, at least two car bombs went off near construction sites in separate parts of the capital on Monday. | |
They appeared to be mainly targeting labourers who were gathering in the early morning looking for work. | |
Those attacks are believed to have claimed the lives of at least 16 people and wounded nearly 80 others. | Those attacks are believed to have claimed the lives of at least 16 people and wounded nearly 80 others. |
Nearly 40 people were killed and more than 130 injured on Friday after attackers bombed five Shia mosques during Friday prayers in and around Baghdad. | |
Exactly one month ago US troops pulled out from cities across Iraq, handing over security to Iraqi forces. | |
The BBC's Natalia Antelava in Baghdad says the confidence that ordinary Iraqis have in their government to protect them is decreasing. |