Iraq News Updates -- May 10, 2010

Iraqi soldiers gather at the site of a bus explosion in Iskandiriyah, 50kms south of Baghdad. Photo AFP

Dozens Die In Iraq As Battered Qaeda Shows Strength -- Yahoo News/Reuters

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Suicide bombers, car bombs and gunmen using silencers killed at least 66 people in Iraq on Monday after insurgents carried out a wave of assaults against markets, a factory car park and police and army checkpoints.

The attacks in different parts of Baghdad and in towns to the south, north and west of the capital appeared aimed at showing Iraqis that al Qaeda in Iraq was still a potent force despite suffering battlefield defeats in recent weeks.

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At least 84 killed in attacks across Iraq -- Yahoo News/AP
At least 68 killed in Iraq's bloodiest day this year -- AFP

Coordinated Attacks Strike Baghdad -- New York Times
Dozens dead, scores wounded in Iraqi violence -- CNN
Dozens killed in Iraq bombings and shootings -- The Guardian
In Iraq: Bloodiest Day Of Year So Far -- NPR

Turkish warplanes hit northern Iraq -- AP
Turkish army strikes Kurdish rebel targets in Iraq -- AFP

Iraq recount 50 percent done -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Maliki's actions, and Obama's inaction, threaten an Iraq democracy -- L.A. Times
Report details depravity of SEALs' accuser -- Washington Times
Where Iraq Meets Iran, Guards See Shifting Lines -- New York Times

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