Senate panel approves weapons for Syrian rebels. Car bomb explosions in Baghdad kill more than 60. Wave of attacks kills dozens in Iraq
New spate of violence in Iraq kills at least eight
Five bombings and clashes between soldiers and gunmen killed eight people in Iraq on Tuesday, officials said, the latest in a spate of violence that has cost more than 370 lives so far this month. Duration:
Iraq killing surge fuels sectarian fears
A deadly few days, in which more than 200 have been killed in Iraq, have caused fearful glances at potential wider Sunni-Shi'ite conflict in the Mid East. Sarah Sheffer reports
Deadly car bombs rock Iraqi capital and Bosra
Deadly car bombs rock Iraqi capital and Bosra
Car bombs target Shi’ites in Iraq, killing more than 70
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki says that the recent series of bombings are a product of sectarianism that has its roots in foreign agendas. Deborah Lutterbeck reports
Wave of Attacks Kills Scores in Iraq
A wave of attacks killed at least 86 people in Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq on Monday, officials said, pushing the death toll over the past week to more than 230 and extending some of the worst sectarian violence the country has seen. (May 20)
61 killed in Iraq attacks
Baghdad, May 20 (IANS) A series of car bombings and shootings, mainly targeting Shia Muslim areas across Iraq, Monday killed at least 61 people, including Iranian pilgrims, and wounded around 200 others, officials said. The worst violence occurred in Baghdad, when eight car bombs and a roadside bomb ripped through bus stops, marketplaces and other crowded areas in Shia neighbourhoods in the capital city, killing 12 people and wounding 109, Xinhua reported. In Iraq's oil-rich city of Basra, 550 km south of Baghdad, 11 people were killed and 35 wounded when two car bombs went off almost simultaneously
22 killed in nine car bombings in Iraq
Baghdad, May 20 (IANS) At least 22 people were killed and more than 130 others injured in a string of nine car bombings Monday in the Iraqi capital and in the southern oil hub of Basra, police said.
Iraq bomb blasts leave more than 30 dead
More than 30 people are killed in a series of bomb blasts in the Iraqi capital Baghdad and the mainly Shi'ite southern oil hub of Basra. Sunita Rappai reports
Deadly blasts hits Iraq’s Basra
At least 11 people are dead after two car bomb blasts in the predominantly Shi'ite southern oil hub of Basra, Iraq on Monday. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)


