cotton bags,messenger bag,reusable bags-Blasts in Baghdad claim 34

Bombings struck several areas in Baghdad and to the north on Thursday, killing at least 34 people in the first major attacks in Iraq in nearly a month. The violence stoked fears that insurgents were trying to undermine confidence in the Shiite-led government amid rising sectarian tensions. 

In all, officials said extremists launched 12 attacks in the Iraqi capital and in the cities of Kirkuk, Samarra, Baqouba, Dibis and Taji. Mortars were fired into the northern cities of Beiji and Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, but no injuries were reported there. 

Nearly 100 people were wounded in the rapid-fire explosions that unfolded over an hour and 15 minutes. Half of the bombs struck at security forces and government officials - two frequent targets for insurgents still seeking to undermine Iraq's efforts to normalize after years of war and violence. 

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks, but Baghdad military command spokesman Colonel Dhia al-Wakeel said they resembled those carried out by al-Qaida. 

"They want to send a message that they can target the stability that has been achieved recently," al-Wakeel said. "This will not discourage our security forces." 

Deadliest day 

It was the deadliest day in Iraq since March 20, when shootings and bombings claimed by al-Qaida front group the Islamic State of Iraq killed 50 people and wounded 255 nationwide. 

A car bomb targeting Health Minister Majid Hamed Amin's convoy in Haifa Street in the heart of the capital, killed two civilians and wounded nine people, including four of the minister's guards. 

Another car bomb in the Al-Amil neighbourhood of south Baghdad killed two people and wounded 17. 

Two people were killed and four wounded in a car bomb against a checkpoint in Palestine Street in the east of the capital, while a fourth car bomb in Kadhimiyah, a Shiite shrine district in north Baghdad, killed two people and wounded seven. 

AP-AFP 

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