Bomb, gun attacks kill 107 in Iraq
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="At">At</span> <span word="least">least</span> 107 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="killed">killed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="bomb">bomb</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="gun">gun</span> <span word="attacks">attacks</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Iraq">Iraq</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span> <span word="after">after</span> 20 <span word="died">died</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="blasts">blasts</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="previous">previous</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="coordinated">coordinated</span> <span word="surge">surge</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="violence">violence</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="mostly">mostly</span> <span word="Shiite">Shiite</span> <span word="Muslim">Muslim</span> <span word="targets">targets</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="bloodshed">bloodshed</span> <span word="coincided">coincided</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="intensifying">intensifying</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="conflict">conflict</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="neighboring">neighboring</span> <span word="Syria">Syria</span>.</p><p><span word="As">As</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dozens">dozens</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="deaths">deaths</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span> 223 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="wounded">wounded</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="bomb">bomb</span> <span word="attacks">attacks</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Shiite">Shiite</span> <span word="areas">areas</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Baghdad">Baghdad</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Shiite">Shiite</span> <span word="town">town</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Taji">Taji</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="north">north</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mixed">mixed</span> <span word="northern">northern</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Kirkuk">Kirkuk</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="elsewhere">elsewhere</span>, <span word="hospital">hospital</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="police">police</span> <span word="sources">sources</span> <span word="said">said</span>, <span word="making">making</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Iraq">Iraq</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="bloodiest">bloodiest</span> <span word="days">days</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="weeks">weeks</span>.</p><p><span word="No">No</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="claimed">claimed</span> <span word="responsibility">responsibility</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="latest">latest</span> <span word="wave">wave</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="assaults">assaults</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="senior">senior</span> <span word="Iraqi">Iraqi</span> <span word="security">security</span> <span word="official">official</span> <span word="blamed">blamed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="wing">wing</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="al">al</span>-<span word="Qaida">Qaida</span>, <span word="made">made</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Sunni">Sunni</span> <span word="Muslim">Muslim</span> <span word="militants">militants</span> <span word="hostile">hostile</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Shiite">Shiite</span>-<span word="led">led</span> <span word="government">government</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="friendly">friendly</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Iran">Iran</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Recent">Recent</span> <span word="attacks">attacks</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="clear">clear</span> <span word="message">message</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="al">al</span>-<span word="Qaida">Qaida</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Iraq">Iraq</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="determined">determined</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="spark">spark</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bloody">bloody</span> <span word="sectarian">sectarian</span> <span word="war">war</span>," <span word="the">the</span> <span word="official">official</span> <span word="said">said</span>, <span word="asking">asking</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="named">named</span>.</p><p>"<span word="With">With</span> <span word="what">what</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="going">going</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Syria">Syria</span>, <span word="these">these</span> <span word="attacks">attacks</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="taken">taken</span> <span word="seriously">seriously</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="potential">potential</span> <span word="threat">threat</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="country">country</span>. <span word="Al">Al</span>-<span word="Qaida">Qaida</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="trying">trying</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="push">push</span> <span word="Iraq">Iraq</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="verge">verge</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Shiite">Shiite</span>-<span word="Sunni">Sunni</span> <span word="war">war</span>," <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>. "<span word="They">They</span> <span word="want">want</span> <span word="things">things</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="bad">bad</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Syria">Syria</span>."</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="days">days</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="bombings">bombings</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="shootings">shootings</span> <span word="shattered">shattered</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="two">two</span>-<span word="week">week</span> <span word="lull">lull</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="violence">violence</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="run">run</span>-<span word="up">up</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Muslim">Muslim</span> <span word="holy">holy</span> <span word="fasting">fasting</span> <span word="month">month</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Ramadan">Ramadan</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Iraq">Iraq</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Saturday">Saturday</span>.</p><p><span word="Sectarian">Sectarian</span> <span word="slaughter">slaughter</span> <span word="peaked">peaked</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2006-07 <span word="but">but</span> <span word="deadly">deadly</span> <span word="attacks">attacks</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="persisted">persisted</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="political">political</span> <span word="tensions">tensions</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="Iraq">Iraq</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="main">main</span> <span word="Shiite">Shiite</span>, <span word="Sunni">Sunni</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Kurdish">Kurdish</span> <span word="factions">factions</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="mounted">mounted</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="troops">troops</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="December">December</span>.</p>
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