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