The US has condemned Saturday’s string of car bombings in Iraq, in which at least 80 people have been killed and 200 others wounded. The US State Department issued a statement saying that “the terrorists who committed these acts are enemies of Islam and a shared enemy of the United States, Iraq, and the international community.” The statement then said that the attacks bore the hallmarks of Al-Qaeda in Iraq and offered a $10-million reward for information leading to the death or capture of the group’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. At least 671 people were killed in Iraq this year during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, making it the bloodiest Ramadan in the country since 2007. The sectarian violence between Iraqi Shiites and Sunnis is again on the rise, fueled by attacks of Sunni Islamist militants to undermine the Shia-led government.
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