Terror Attack Catalogue

Al Anbar - Gunmen detonated bombs inside five houses in Khaldiyah, 30 km west of Fallujah, killing 6 people icluding three children and a woman and injuring 12 people around 8 a.m. Houses belonged to a lawyer and a policeman and their neighbors. Police imposed a curfew in the town.Read this New York Times article for more information on the wave of attacks that occured in Iraq on April 23rd.

The Associated Press reports:

A series of bombings mainly targeting Shiite worshippers killed at least 60 people on Friday, officials said, just days after U.S. and Iraqi forces killed the top two al-Qaida leaders in Iraq in what was described as devastating blow to the insurgency.

The apparently coordinated attack, which occurred in a two-hour timespan, demonstrated insurgents remain a potent force despite U.S. and Iraqi claims that the terror network is on the run.

Officials have warned insurgents remain capable of staging high-profile bombings in a bid to reignite sectarian tensions that pushed the country to the brink of civil war.

Extremists are also seeking to exploit political deadlock after the inconclusive March 7 parliamentary election as U.S. forces prepare to go withdraw from the country by the end of 2011.

Read this New York Times article for more information on the wave of attacks that occured in Iraq on April 23rd.