BAGHDAD – Simultaneous morning attacks on mostly Shia targets across Iraq killed at least 60 people and wounded dozens yesterday in one of the bloodiest days of violence since US troops pulled out in mid-December.
The attacks, which appeared to pitch al-Qaeda-linked Sunni Muslim insurgents against Shias, raised fears of a return to the carnage that tore Iraq apart and cost thousands of lives in 2006 and 2007.
The violence breaks weeks of relative calm as Shia prime minister Nuri al-Maliki and Sunni leaders sought to resolve a political crisis. – (Reuters)