BAGHDAD—A string of apparently coordinated bombings and a
shooting across Iraq on Sunday killed at least 51 and wounded
dozens, in a wave of violence that raises the prospect of a
return to widespread sectarian killing a decade after a U.S.-led
invasion.  Firemen try to put out a burning vehicle after a car
bomb attack in Nasiriyah on Sunday. Reuters  Iraqi security
forces inspect the site of a bomb attack in Basra on Sunday.
Reuters  Violence has jumped in Iraq in recent months, with the
death toll rising to levels not seen since 2008. Nearly 2,000
people have been killed since the start of April, including more
than 180 this month.  The surge in bloodshed accompanies rising
sectarian tensions within Iraq and concerns that its unrest is
being fanned by the Syrian civil war next door.  One of the
deadliest attacks came Sunday evening, when a suicide bomber
blew himself up in a cafe packed with young people in the
largely Shiite neighborhood of al-Ameen, in southeastern
Baghdad. The attack killed 11 people and