Post by CMF Newsman on Jul 23, 2012 6:35:18 GMT -5
KIRKUK – At least 89 people were killed in bomb and gun attacks in Iraq on Monday after 20 died in blasts the previous day in a coordinated surge of violence against mostly Shi'ite Muslim targets.
The bloodshed coincided with an intensifying of the conflict in neighboring Syria.
As well as the dozens of deaths at least 223 people were wounded in bomb attacks in Shi'ite areas of Baghdad, the Shi'ite town of Taji to the north, the mixed northern city of Kirkuk and elsewhere, hospital and police sources said, making it one of Iraq's bloodiest days in weeks.
www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/23/us-iraq-bomb-idUSBRE86M06M20120723
The bloodshed coincided with an intensifying of the conflict in neighboring Syria.
As well as the dozens of deaths at least 223 people were wounded in bomb attacks in Shi'ite areas of Baghdad, the Shi'ite town of Taji to the north, the mixed northern city of Kirkuk and elsewhere, hospital and police sources said, making it one of Iraq's bloodiest days in weeks.
www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/23/us-iraq-bomb-idUSBRE86M06M20120723