At least 33 killed in violence across Iraq


  • World
  • Thursday, 26 Sep 2013

KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - At least 33 people were killed in attacks across Iraq on Wednesday that included a coordinated assault against local government and police buildings in the north of the country, police and medical sources said.

Militant groups including the Sunni Islamist al Qaeda have been regaining momentum in their insurgency against Iraq's Shi'ite-led government this year, reviving the spectre of the sectarian carnage of 2006-07.

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