Suicide bomber kills 25 at Baghdad park
August 24, 2013  03:43
A suicide bomber killed at least 25 people in Baghdad today while seven died in other attacks, as security forces seek to stem spiralling violence with wide-ranging anti-insurgent operations. 

Diplomats and analysts say the authorities are failing to tackle the root causes of months of heightened unrest, but Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has vowed to press on with a campaign against militants, which is among the biggest of its kind since US forces withdrew in December 2011. 

Today's violence struck across the country -- in Baghdad and to its north and south -- with gun and bomb attacks hitting both Shiite and Sunni areas. 

In the deadliest attack, a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged belt at a park in a crowded area of north Baghdad on Friday night, killing at least 25 people and wounding at least 36 others.
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