Car bombs target Shi'ites in Iraq, killing more than 60
By Kareem Raheem BAGHDAD (Reuters) – More than 60 people were killed in a series of car bomb explosions targeting Shi’ite Muslims across Iraq on Monday, police and medics said, part of the worst sectarian violence since U.S. troops pulled out in December 2011. The attacks brought the number killed in sectarian clashes in the past week to over 200, and tensions between Shi’ites, who now lead Iraq, and minority Sunni Muslims have reached a point where some fear a return to all-out civil conflict. No group claimed responsibility for the bombings. …
