Iraq violence kills 35 as authorities hail arrests

August 21, 2013 02:31

Iraq violence killed 35 people including 15 civilians today, officials said, as authorities hailed arrests in a campaign aimed at curbing the country's worst unrest since 2008.

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has vowed to press ahead with operations to try to stem the bloodshed, which has claimed more than 3,500 lives already this year.

But analysts and diplomats say Iraq is not tackling the root causes of the unrest.

Today, six car bombs south of the capital killed six civilians and a policeman and wounded 98 people.

Two car bombs hit a bus and taxi station in Amara. Two more hit near Hilla, while the others struck in Nasiriyah.

Another bomb struck a cafe in a village north of Baghdad, killing five people and wounding 15 others, the latest in a string of attacks to target cafes in recent weeks.

And two separate bombings at a livestock market and a police station north of Baghdad killed three people, including a policeman, and wounded nine others.

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