Violence grips Iraq in day of deadly bombings

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http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/12/violence-grips-iraq-day-deadly-bombings-2013121613316760618.html

 

At least 65 people have been killed and over 100 wounded in a string of deadly attacks across Iraq, security sources told Al Jazeera.

 

No one has claimed responsibility for Monday's bombings, but rebel groups frequently target civilians and members of the Iraqi security forces to undermine confidence in the country's Shia-led government and agitate sectarian tensions.

 

The attacks started in the town of Beiji, 180 kilometres north of Baghdad, where a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into the main gate of the town police station.

 

Three other bombers then ran into the station and blew themselves up, killing eight officers and wounding five others, the official said.

 

"We believe the attack was aimed at freeing detainees who are being held in the building next door," said Major Salih al-Qaisi, a police officer at the scene, adding that all of the bombers were killed before reaching the building where the detainees are held.

 

The deadliest attack occurred in Baghdad's southeastern neighbourhood of Bayaa when a car bomb went off in a parking lot, killing six civilians and wounding 12 others.

 

They don't seem to be doing too well since Sadam's time.