IRAQ: Wave Of Evening Bombings Kills At Least 28

[Purveyor]

Source: Associated Press

BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of explosions tore through overwhelmingly Shiite cities south of Baghdad shortly before the Muslim faithful broke their Ramadan fasts on Sunday, killing at least 28, according to officials, part of a surge of violence that is raising fears Iraq is sliding back toward full-scale sectarian fighting.

The coordinated attacks followed shootings and bombings in the north earlier in the day that killed six others.

Insurgents have been pounding Iraq with bombings and other attacks for months in the country's worst eruption of violence in half a decade. The pace of the killing has picked up since the Muslim holy month Ramadan began Wednesday, with daily mass-casualty attacks marring what is meant to be a month of charity and peaceful reflection.

Violence in Iraq has risen to its deadliest level since 2008, with more than 2,700 people killed since the start of April. The spike in bloodshed is fueling fears that Iraq is again heading toward the widespread sectarian killing that peaked in 2006 and 2007, when the country teetered on the brink of civil war.

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[Comrade Grumpy]

1. Looks like the Syria civil war is about to become the Syria-Iraq civil war.

And maybe Lebanon, too.

[David__77]

5. Which is why it's time for the Iraqi government to adopt a clear-cut stand.

Anbar is being used as a resting and training grounds for terrorists that then deploy to Syria. Iraq should secure its borders at all costs.

[grahamhgreen]

2. Oh, it's so much better now that we've wasted trillions, trashed our military, and stole the oil.

They were better off before. Fact.

[7962]

3. And so were we.

although we dont even GET the oil; i think its mostly going to China

[grahamhgreen]

4. And the multinationals are making bank.