Two attacks on jails in Baghdad and a car bombing against a northern patrol lead to devastating losses for Iraq security forces

Seven people have been killed in two separate attacks in Sunni-majority areas of Iraq, officials said today.

Bombs across Baghdad mark an upsurge in violence amid concerns of sectarian warfare

A suicide attack has killed an election candidate and four of his relatives in a northern province.

Two suicide bombers blew themselves up inside and near a Shiite mosque in Baghdad, killing 29 people and wounding 52, Iraqi officials said.

A blistering string of apparently co-ordinated bombings and a shooting across Iraq killed at least 51 and wounded dozens on Sunday, spreading fear throughout the county in a wave of violence that is raising the prospect of a return to widespread sectarian killing a decade after a US-led invasion.

Adviser to Iraqi PM warns that country is heading for partition after deadly month

Seven people have been killed and others injured after two separate attacks in Iraq.

A car bomb has hit a patrol in Mosul, one of three attacks in the northern Iraqi city that left five dead.

At least 23 people were killed in Iraq on Monday in a series of car bombs in Shia Muslim areas and militant attacks, medics and police sources said – taking the week’s death toll to nearly 200 as sectarian violence intensifies.

Soldiers are deserting a beleaguered Iraqi army as it struggles to keep its hold on the northern half of Iraq in the face of escalating hostility from Sunni Arabs and Kurds who dominate in the region.

It was the summer of 2003, and it was my first day in Iraq. I was exhausted, I'd been up all night during the long, dangerous drive across the desert from the Jordanian border. My senses were reeling from the assault of experiences: a new city, tanks on the streets, gunfire in the distance, palm trees, constant danger, and the sulphurous smell that hung over Baghdad – like the fumes of hell, I remember thinking.

Two car bombings in Iraq have killed nine people and wounded 27, a day after dozens were killed in a spate of attacks across the country. 

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