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| Iraq violence: Baghdad car bomb attacks kill 31 | |
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| A series of bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, have left at least 31 people dead, officials say. | A series of bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, have left at least 31 people dead, officials say. |
| More than 90 others were wounded by six car bomb blasts, which targeted markets and shopping streets in different parts of the city on Tuesday. | More than 90 others were wounded by six car bomb blasts, which targeted markets and shopping streets in different parts of the city on Tuesday. |
| A wave of violence has swept Iraq in the past six months, with Sunni Islamist militant groups targeting Shia Muslim districts. | A wave of violence has swept Iraq in the past six months, with Sunni Islamist militant groups targeting Shia Muslim districts. |
| More than 4,000 people have died in such attacks this year. | More than 4,000 people have died in such attacks this year. |
| A further 9,865 have been injured so far this year, with Baghdad province the worst hit. | A further 9,865 have been injured so far this year, with Baghdad province the worst hit. |
| One of Tuesday's bombs went off in the central commercial area of Karrada, killing five and injuring 18. Another went off in a commercial area of the suburb of Nahrwan. | |
| Such attacks have often targeted shopping areas in the capital. | |
| Isam Mohammed, the owner of a pharmacy near the site of the bombing in Karrada, blamed the government and the security forces for the continuing violence. | |
| "Government officials have only fortified the places where they and their families live. They forget about the ordinary people who are being killed all the time," he told the Associated Press. | |
| Many of the victims of Tuesday's attacks had been shopping for the end of the day's fasting and for the festival of Eid al-Fitr, which will take place this week and marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. | |
| Casualty figures released by the UN mission in Baghdad last week suggested that 1,057 Iraqis were killed in July, making it the most violent month in years. | Casualty figures released by the UN mission in Baghdad last week suggested that 1,057 Iraqis were killed in July, making it the most violent month in years. |
| Militants also broke into two prisons last month, setting inmates free. | Militants also broke into two prisons last month, setting inmates free. |
| Some of the provinces worst affected by the recent violence are dominated by members of the country's Sunni minority. | Some of the provinces worst affected by the recent violence are dominated by members of the country's Sunni minority. |
| Many Sunnis accuse the Shia-led government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of marginalising them. | Many Sunnis accuse the Shia-led government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of marginalising them. |
| Tensions were worsened when Iraqi security forces broke up an anti-government Sunni protest in the city of Hawija in April, killing and wounding dozens of protesters. | Tensions were worsened when Iraqi security forces broke up an anti-government Sunni protest in the city of Hawija in April, killing and wounding dozens of protesters. |