(NOVEMBER 4-10)

According to reports, a series of attacks north of Baghdad, including multiple bombings targeting police, killed 11 people. The current violence concentrated on security forces for a second consecutive day, with suicide bombers hitting police sites in multiple cities in north Iraq. In the deadliest attack, multiple bombings targeting a police station in the predominantly Arab town of Sharqat, in Salaheddin province, left four policemen dead and a dozen more wounded. Iraqi Prime Minister, Nuri Al Maliki has appealed to Washington for greater cooperation in fighting militancy as wide-ranging operations targeting insurgents and tightened security measures have done little to quell a months-long surge in violence. 1

• 1. “11 dead in series of Iraq attacks,” Khaleej Times, November 4, 2013, at http://www.khaleejtimes.com/kt-article-display-1.asp?xfile=/data/middlee...