At least 85 people have been killed and nearly 300 wounded in a string of bombings and shootings across Iraq, the country's Interior Ministry reported late Monday. Attacks were launched in six provinces, including Basra, Wasit and Babil -- which tend to be less violent than others -- in violence reminiscent of what was typical during the height of the sectarian war. The deadliest attack happened in Hilla, in the southern province of Babil. Three bombings there killed at least 36 people and wounded 140. First came a double car bombing that killed at least 23 people and wounded 110, the Interior Ministry said. Then a suicide bomber struck as medics and security forces responded to those blasts, killing and wounding more. The first two bombs in Hilla detonated near a weaving factory busy where employees were leaving work. Other attacks happened in Baghdad, Mosul, Falluja and in cities north and south of Baghdad. The attacks come at a critical time in Iraq, as the country is struggling to form a government after contentious national elections.
It is heart-wrenching that some people have enough anguish and turmoil in their life that they feel they need to commit suicide. But to kill others while you do it? That's just cruel and inhumane. None of those 85 people deserved to be killed and none of the 300 wounded ones deserved that either. There is definitely no place in my heart for the person who committed this terrible act. Gosh, it just makes me so mad that someone would do such a thing. And especially when it comes at such a terrible time for the country when they're trying to establish their government.
The picture shown is a bus that was devastated in a suicide bomb today in Baghdad.
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