Bombings hit Baghdad as Iraq death toll tops 900
Friday, 31 January 2014
BAGHDAD, Jan 30 (AFP): Bombings near a market and a restaurant in Baghdad killed six people on Thursday as the death toll for January topped 900, with no end in sight to Iraq's worst violence since 2008.
The protracted surge in bloodshed, coupled with a deadly standoff between security forces and anti-government fighters in Anbar province, has fuelled fears the country is slipping back into all-out conflict with elections looming in just three months.