1.0link96720<![CDATA[Bombings kill nearly 60 in Sunni areas of Iraq]]>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/15/more-than-50-killed-by-ca_n_96720.htmlBAGHDAD — Bombings blamed on al-Qaida in Iraq tore through market areas in Baghdad and outside the capital on Tuesday, killing nearly 60 people and shattering weeks of relative calm in Sunni-dominated areas.
The bloodshed _ in four cities as far north as Mosul and as far west as Ramadi _ struck directly at U.S. claims that the Sunni insurgency is waning and being replaced by Shiite militia violence as a major threat.