Sectarian attack in Iraq leaves more than 30 dead

At least 30 people were killed in Iraq and dozens wounded, mostly in car bomb attacks mainly directed against the police and against Shiite pilgrims in different parts of the country, officials and media. was only in the capital, Baghdad car bombs exploded today eight, leaving 15 dead, DPA reported.  Four civilians were killed and nine wounded in an explosion near a Shiite shrine in Al Maadan, southeast of the capital. Among the victims were Iranian pilgrims. Six policemen were killed and five were wounded when a suicide bomber detonated his load car near a checkpoint in the city of Kut, in the east.In turn, three car bombs exploded in the town of Taji, about 25 miles north of Baghdad, leaving at least seven dead and 22 injured. attacks were also wounded in Diyala and Baquba, northeast of Baghdad, where the police chief survived Traffic an attack on his convoy. Five people were injured in a car bomb that exploded in a vegetable market in Bani Saad, south of the city. Also in Mosul, 400 kilometers north of the capital, a government official was killed and 14 soldiers and one soldier were injured when a car bomb exploded near a military patrol. Though not reached the peak of violence in 2006, this year has intensified terrorist attacks in Iraq, many of them directed against the security forces.