Car bombs kill 39 in Iraqi capital Baghdad

[Bosonic]

Source: Reuters

Ten car-bomb explosions killed at least 39 people across the Iraqi capital on Monday, police and medical sources said.

In the central district of Karada, two parked car bombs went off killing at least eight people, and another two car bombs exploded simultaneously near a market in the western district of Jihad, killing eight.

Violence has been increasing in Iraq in recent months, with more than 1,000 people killed in May alone, making it the deadliest month since the sectarian bloodletting of 2006-07.

Insurgents including al Qaeda's Iraqi affiliate have been regaining ground and recruits from the country's Sunni minority, which feels sidelined since the U.S.-led invasion toppled former dictator Saddam Hussein and empowered majority Shi'ites.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/24/us-iraq-violence-baghdad-idUSBRE95N10020130624

[Comrade Grumpy]

1. Syria, Iraq, Lebanon--it's starting to look like all one war.

And irony of ironies, the very Iraqi Sunnis we drove from power when we invaded Iraq are now our de facto allies as we align ourselves with the Sunnis and the Saudis.

[hibbing]

2. While Georgie and the Dick sleep comfortably with their decisions

Hi,
I'm not saying the place was a paradise before the idiot son decided to invade and occupy the place, but they did have more electricity, water and infrastructure than they do today, and they certainly did not have this shit taking place that I'm aware of.

Peace

[Ash_F]

3. It's cool Exxon Mobil got its oil fields in Kurdistan. /nt