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| Dozens of Casualties in String of Attacks Across Iraq | Dozens of Casualties in String of Attacks Across Iraq |
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| BAGHDAD — Car bombings and attacks across Iraq killed at least 33 people and wounded more than 100 on Sunday, security officials said, the latest in a wave of sectarian violence that has erupted across the country in recent months. | BAGHDAD — Car bombings and attacks across Iraq killed at least 33 people and wounded more than 100 on Sunday, security officials said, the latest in a wave of sectarian violence that has erupted across the country in recent months. |
| Several bombs exploded in five southern Shiite-dominated provinces, killing civilians. Other attacks, near Tikrit and Mosul, struck security forces, officials said. | Several bombs exploded in five southern Shiite-dominated provinces, killing civilians. Other attacks, near Tikrit and Mosul, struck security forces, officials said. |
| No one claimed responsibility for the attacks, but Sunni extremists have stepped up their efforts to undermine the Shiite-led government and to stoke sectarian divisions since the beginning of the year. Nearly 2,000 Iraqis have been killed since April, according to the Interior Ministry, making it the country’s most violent period since 2008. Sunday’s attacks also came a day after the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, threatened Shiites with more violence. | No one claimed responsibility for the attacks, but Sunni extremists have stepped up their efforts to undermine the Shiite-led government and to stoke sectarian divisions since the beginning of the year. Nearly 2,000 Iraqis have been killed since April, according to the Interior Ministry, making it the country’s most violent period since 2008. Sunday’s attacks also came a day after the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, threatened Shiites with more violence. |
| The first attacks occurred in Basra Province in southern Iraq, where an Iraqi official and five civilians were killed when the official’s convoy was struck by two car bombs, officials said. Ten people were wounded. | The first attacks occurred in Basra Province in southern Iraq, where an Iraqi official and five civilians were killed when the official’s convoy was struck by two car bombs, officials said. Ten people were wounded. |
| In the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad, a car bomb exploded near a vegetable market, killing five people and wounding 12 others, the police said. Later, three car bombs exploded in Wasit, Nasiriya and Babil Provinces, killing five civilians and wounding more than 70 others. | In the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad, a car bomb exploded near a vegetable market, killing five people and wounding 12 others, the police said. Later, three car bombs exploded in Wasit, Nasiriya and Babil Provinces, killing five civilians and wounding more than 70 others. |
| In Madaen, southeast of Baghdad, two car bombs exploded on the main road, killing 5 people and wounding 10, the police said. | In Madaen, southeast of Baghdad, two car bombs exploded on the main road, killing 5 people and wounding 10, the police said. |
| In the northern city of Mosul, four police officers were killed and four others wounded in clashes with unidentified gunmen, a police official said. And in Tikrit, a roadside bomb struck an army patrol, killing two soldiers, a security official said. | In the northern city of Mosul, four police officers were killed and four others wounded in clashes with unidentified gunmen, a police official said. And in Tikrit, a roadside bomb struck an army patrol, killing two soldiers, a security official said. |
| Late Sunday, a suicide bomber stormed into a cafe in southeastern Baghdad and set off his explosives, killing 6 men and wounding 22 other people, a police official said. | Late Sunday, a suicide bomber stormed into a cafe in southeastern Baghdad and set off his explosives, killing 6 men and wounding 22 other people, a police official said. |
| “Let the world see what’s happening to us,” said Ali Ahmed, who was wounded in the explosion. | |
| “We cannot even sit in a simple cafe,” he said from his hospital bed. “I hate my life!” | |
Yasir Ghazi contributed reporting. | Yasir Ghazi contributed reporting. |