At Least 79 Are Killed in New Round of Attacks in Iraq

By JOHN F. BURNS
Published: May 11, 2005

BAGHDAD, Iraq, May 11 - Insurgents struck in northern and central Iraq today in a series of bloody bombing attacks that killed at least 79 people in three cities, and wounded at least 120 others, according to figures provided by police and hospital officials. The attacks appeared to signify an intensification of attempts by Sunni Arab militants to disrupt Iraq's newly formed Shiite majority government.