New Bombings in Iraq Killed at least 75

One of the deadliest attacks of the insurgents in weeks ended with the killing of at least 75 Iraqis, after 5 serious bombings. Though repeated demands for calm came from the officials and clerics, sectarian violence continues. Officials announced Tuesday that 379 died and 458 were injured since the bombing of a Shiite shrine on Wednesday and the anti-Sunni responses that followed.

The attacks followed five previous bomb attacks in the capital, which killed 41 people and injured several more. National security adviser Mouwafak al-Rubaie made a trip to Najaf, Shiite's holy city, to discuss with Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, an important Shiite leader.

The Shiite dominated government was blamed by the Sunnis that it "cooperates with the criminal hands that sabotaged God's houses and lighted the fires of sedition."

Bush wondered if these attacks would affect their hopes for withdrawing U.S. troops; "Obviously there are some who are trying to sow the seeds of sectarian violence. And now, the people of Iraq and their leaders must make a choice. The choice is chaos or unity, the choice is a free society, or a society dictated by evil people who would kill innocents," he stated.

Ideas of civil war are feared since the struggle to form a new Iraqi government. Al-Jaafari, the interim prime minister, has been criticized for his inability to lead and to control the violence, but declared that this will not prevent the officials from forming a united, steady new government.

"The incidents in Iraq and terrorist activities will never negatively affect the government's work or prevent the political process from being successful," Al-Jaafari stated.