These latest attacks are viewed as al-Qaeda in Iraq's way of stirring up divisions among Iraqis in order take the struggling nation to the brink of a civil war.
Al-Qaeda Surge: Iraq ‘drowning’ in terrorist attacks
On Monday, the Iraqi people experienced an upsurge in terrorist attacks including 10 car bomb attacks that targeted both Muslim and Christian civilians, as well as members of the Iraqi police and military forces, according to Law Enforcement Examiner's Israeli counterterrorism source. "The Iraqi people are drowning in terrorist attacks and there appears no end insight," he said.