Suicide, car bombings in Iraq kill at least 33
Militants unleashed attacks on Iraq's majority Shiite community on Monday, killing at least 33 people, the latest in relentless assaults that have challenged the Shiite-led government as it battles the Sunni-led insurgency by the Islamic State group.
A suicide bomber hit a mosque in Baghdad as Shiite worshippers left after noon prayers, killing 17 people, while a triple car bombing in the holy city of Karbala killed 16.
Iraq has been plunged into its worst crisis since the US troops left at the end of 2011 in the wake of the blitz by the Islamic State militants this summer.
