Two Churches Bombed as Violence Persists in Iraq
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Major attacks have continued in recent days, including several apparent efforts to sow divisions between groups.
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Conflicts and bombings still rampaged across Iraq on Monday, killing at least 16 people including an American soldier and an Estonian trooper.
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KERBALA, Iraq  - Suicide car bombers hit Iraq's  two main Shi'ite holy cities, Kerbala and Najaf, killing at  least 23 people and wounding dozens more Sunday, six weeks to  the day before an historic election.
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Attacks on Shia Muslim pilgrims in Iraq continue with at least 11 people killed on their way to the holy city of Karbala.
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Attacks on Shiite pilgrims continued Wednesday, with at least 11 people killed by bombs and gunfire who were heading for a solemn religious ritual, police said.
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Some events and scattered violence across Iraq on Wednesday:
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MOSUL, Iraq -- Gunmen bombed two churches in the tense northern city of Mosul yesterday, fueling fears of ethnic and sectarian unrest ahead of an election scheduled for next month.
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Four people are reportedly killed by blasts in Baghdad and Kirkuk as Iraq sees more violence.
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Car bomb attacks brought more carnage  to the streets of two Iraqi cities on Monday, killing at least  26 people as the interim government struggles to stamp out an  insurgency ahead of elections scheduled for January.
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16 October 2004 -- A series of bomb blasts targeted Christian churches around Baghdad this morning, causing damage but no casualties, an Iraqi official said.
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Two car bombs exploded within hours of each other in two Iraqi cities holy to Shi&#39;ite Muslims. A blast in the city of Karbala killed at least 12 people and wounded more than 30 others.
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_ Iraq has been rocked by car-bomb attacks in its two holiest Shiite cities. At least 60 people are dead and many dozens injured. In Karbala, police say a suicide bomber blew up a vehicle near the main bus station.
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Gunmen have bombed two churches in the tense Iraqi city of Mosul, fuelling fears of ethnic and sectarian unrest ahead of an election next month.
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BAGHDAD, Dec. 25 -- Two bombs in separate Iraqi cities ripped through crowds of people Tuesday, causing some of the worst carnage in the country in recent weeks and revealing that -- despite the relative calm of recent months -- insurgent groups remain capable of devastating attacks.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Car bombers struck twice in rapid succession in the capital Sunday, killing at least 11 people including an American soldier, as Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warned that violence may increase before the January election.    Rocket-propelled grenade explosions and machine gun fire rocked the insurgent stronghold of Ramadi, west of Baghdad, late Sunday...
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Two bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, leave at least 29 people dead, among them a group of Shia pilgrims.
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Suicide car bombers hit Iraq's two main Shi'ite holy cities, Kerbala and Najaf, killing at least 23 people and wounding dozens more Sunday, six weeks to the day before an historic election.