Car bombs kill 36 in Iraq:
Car bombs struck two outdoor markets and a group of taxi vans in Shiite areas across Iraq on Friday, killing at least 36 people and wounding nearly 100 in the bloodiest day in more than two months, as minority Sunnis staged large anti-government protests. Ref. Source 6
Seven killed in spate of Iraq attacks:
Attacks mostly targeting Iraqi security forces north of Baghdad killed seven people on Thursday, security and medical officials said, the latest in an uptick in nationwide violence. Ref. Source 4
Suicide bomber, assailants kill 12 people, wound 36 in different parts of Iraq, officials say:
A suicide attacker drove his explosives-laden car on Monday into a police station in northern Iraq, killing five people, while attacks elsewhere in the country killed seven other Iraqis, including a candidate for local office, officials said. Ref. Source 1