Baghdad: At least 40 people were killed in Iraq after several blasts and shooting incidents took place in the war-torn country, underscoring the country’s uphill struggle to stamp out a stubborn insurgency.
According to reports, in the capital Baghdad, a car bomb killed six civilian and wounded 28 in the mainly Shi’ite district of Husainiya on Thursday, police and hospital sources said. Just north of the capital, in Taji, another car bomb injured nine people.
Four car bombs exploded in the city of Kirkuk, north of Baghdad, killing two people and wounded 18, police and hospital sources said.
Overnight attacks on police checkpoints in the cities of Baquba and Falluja killed six policemen and wounded 13, police and hospital sources said.
No group claimed responsibility for Thursday’s bombings, but a local al-Qaeda affiliate and other radical Sunni Islamist groups have carried out at least one major assault a month since the last American troops left in December.
Al Qaeda’s local wing, the Islamic State of Iraq, says it has begun a new offensive, and security experts say it has benefited from some arms, cash and better morale thanks to the inflow of Islamist fighters into neighboring Syria.
Security has been increased in Baghdad ahead of the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan next week, a period when analysts believe insurgents may attempt a major attack.
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