Suicide car bomb attacks across Iraq kill at least 16  Posted
November 01, 2013 07:08:04  Bombs have exploded across Iraq
killing at least 16 people, according to police and medical
sources.  In the latest in surging violence, a suicide bomber
blew himself up in a group of people in the town of Tuz
Khurmato, 170 kilometres north of Baghdad, killing four.  West
of Baquba a car bomb exploded inside a parking lot, killing five
people.  Another blast near a gathering of young people in the
street killed a further three.  In the town of Muqdadiya, 80
kilometres north-east of Baghdad, a car bomb killed four people
when it exploded in an open door market.  It was not immediately
clear who was behind the attacks but Sunni Islamist militants
have been regaining ground in Iraq, seeking to undermine the
Shiite-led government.  Prime minister Nuri al-Maliki flew to
the United States this week seeking military supplies to counter
insurgents who have pushed the civilian death toll above 3,000
so far this year.  Officials i