Reports noted that sixteen people have been killed 16 and injured dozens a series of bomb blasts in the Baghdad area. The deadliest attack took place in Taji, north of Baghdad, when a suicide bomber killed 10 people. Police said there were at least 14 bombs of one sort or another, with five of them apparently aimed at a police station in southern Baghdad while others had no apparent target. According to reports, the violence appears to have increased since the death of Osama Bin Laden in early May.1

• 1. “Iraq: Blasts kill at least 16 in Baghdad area,” BBC News, May 22, 2011, at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13491112