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KITTY PILGRIM: At least
70 people were killed in attacks across Iraq today.
Sixty of them killed in separate truck and car bomb
explosions. Now, the latest wave of violence comes as
the new leader of the U.S. Central Command says there
are signs of hope outside of Baghdad, and there is no
civil war in Iraq.
Michael Ware joins us now from Baghdad with more --
Michael.
MICHAEL WARE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, Kitty.
We've heard from the new commander of Central Command
telling us that, indeed, there is no civil war here
in Iraq. Of course, that would be a revelation to
many of the Iraqi citizens who live here and have
been enduring this terrible bloodletting that's been
under way for years now, and that we saw reach fever
pitch after the bombing last February of the Golden
Dome Mosque, one of the holiest shrines in Shia
Islam.
Bodies are still showing up tortured and executed on
the streets of the capital every morning, and whilst
there is an American crackdown here in Baghdad, we've
seen the violence and the death squads and the
militias responsible for it all displacing around the
capital. So, we're seeing just to the north of the
city, in Diyala, violence spiking so much the
commander of forces in Iraq, General David
Petraeus, had to rush a battalion of Stryker troops
there.
And, of course, al Qaeda suicide bombers are still
punching through all the defenses, both against U.S.
troops. And, as we saw in the city of Tal Afar, near
the Syrian border, they killed more than 50 people
today alone -- Kitty.
PILGRIM: Thanks very much.
Michael Ware. Michael Ware reporting from
Baghdad.