U.N. Official: Iraq Mayhem 'Ready To Explode'

Iraq Mayhem 'Ready To Explode' Into Wider Conflict, U.N. Official Says -- CNN

(CNN) -- A wave of deadly bombings struck Baghdad on Thursday in an already remarkably lethal week in Iraq, prompting a U.N. official to warn the mayhem is "ready to explode" into a wider conflict.

And violence wasn't limited to Iraq's capital -- Anbar province's governor escaped the latest apparent attempt to assassinate him when bombs exploded Thursday near his convoy in Ramadi and injured four of his bodyguards, police said.

In Baghdad, a car bomb exploded Thursday afternoon outside a university, and three car bombs and a roadside bomb exploded Thursday morning in four neighborhoods, killing at least 10 people and wounding 41 others, police said.

The deaths come as political and sectarian violence rises across Iraq, much of it stemming from discord between Sunni and Shiite Muslims. Nearly 400 people have been killed in acts of violence in May, according to a CNN tally. And since Monday alone, at least 120 people have been killed.  

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More News On The Growing Violence In Iraq

Violence claims more than 1,000 since April in Iraq -- Watchlist News/Reuters
Iraq attacks push May death toll past 600 -- DAWN/AFP
Fears grow in Iraq as new bombing wave kills 33, governor escapes assassination attempt -- Washington Post/AP
Surging Violence, Sectarian Fears Haunt Iraq -- Voice of America
Alarm grows as Iraqi forces fail to stem violence -- Newsday/AP
Iraqis Fear Return of ‘Death Squads’ To Baghdad Streets -- Al Monitor
Iraqi Shiite militia warns of sectarian fighting -- Salon
Wave of Iraq Violence Continues -- Voice of America
Iraq violence claims more lives -- Al Jazeera
UN Official Urges Immediate Action For Ending Iraq Violence -- RTT
Fears of Civil War Cripple Baghdad Commerce -- Al Monitor
Is Iraq sliding into civil war? -- Dillon Clancy, New Europe