Iraqi cities hit by deadly bomb blasts - 4/19/12



At least 36 killed and more than 100 wounded in series of explosions in cities and towns across Iraq, including Baghdad
More than 20 bombs have hit cities and towns across Iraq, killing at least 36 people and wounding more than 100, according to police and hospital sources. The attacks have raised fears of sectarian strife in a country keen to show it can maintain security.
In Baghdad, three car bombs, two roadside bombs and one suicide car bomb exploded in mainly Shia areas in what looked like co-ordinated attacks, killing 15 people and wounding 61.
Two car bombs and three roadside bombs aimed at police and army patrols in the northern oil city of Kirkuk killed eight people and wounded 26, police and hospital sources said.
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The BBC's Rami Ruhayem in Baghdad says this appears to have been a co-ordinated series of attacks.
Blasts were reported in the following cities:
-In Baghdad, a series of at least five blasts struck in various Shia neighbourhoods
-Police say two car bombs went off in Kirkuk, 180 miles (290km) north of Baghdad
-A suicide bomber killed a police officer in Baquba, an army officer said
-Two car bombs targeted security forces in Samarra
-A parked car exploded killing passers-by in Dibis
-Roadside devices exploded in Taji and Mosul
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Matthew 24:
7For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8All these are the beginning of sorrows.