Bomb attacks in Iraq, dozens were killed, dozens of militants kidnapped student

Bomb attacks in Iraq, dozens were killed,

Bomb attacks in Iraq, dozens were killed, dozens of militants kidnapped student

A series of bomb attacks during the day in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killing over 50 persons and injured.

At least eight separate attacks occurred in parts of the capital for one hour on Saturday (07/06), mostly targeting Shi'ite areas.

One of the areas attacked are Baiyaa district. Reuters says 23 people died, mostly young people who were playing billiards. However, the Associated Press reported the death toll around nine.

No group has claimed responsible for this attack, but Sunni militants frequently targeting Shiites in recent years.

Violence in Iraq peaked back and hit a new one since the sectarian conflict occurred in recent decades.

The UN says more than 8,000 people were killed last year, the highest number since 2007.

The government blames the increase in casualties to militant Sunni, and relate it to the conflict in neighboring Syria.

But some critics have accused Prime Minister Nouri Maliki, who comes from the Shiite rid of the Sunnis.

Earlier on the same day, militants stormed a university campus in the western city of Anbar, and dozens of students hostage.
Dozens of people have also been killed in attacks in Mosul since last Friday.

Armed groups in Iraq stormed a university campus in the city of Ramadi and dozens of students and staff hostage.

A report says a campus guard were killed in Anbar University.

Statements that are not yet certain that truth also say the attackers came from the group Islamic State of Iraq.

Anbar province is the center of sectarian violence in Iraq and a number of areas there is controlled by Sunni militias.

Most of the Ramadi area is under their control for months.

Reject Maliki
Violence that means no vote on Click the parliamentary elections on 30 April.

Alliance of Prime Minister Nouri Maliki Click winning an election but the other parties refused his desire to return to power.

They blame Maliki over sectarian violence that has killed more than 3,500 people this year and accused him of trying to monopolize power.

He blamed external factors such as the conflict in Syria and the opposition over the bad political situation in Iraq. BBC