Al Qaeda in Iraq has claimed responsibility for a wave of bombings and suicide attacks that killed around 60 people on the 10th anniversary of the US-led invasion.
A decade after US and Western troops swept into Iraq to oust Saddam Hussein, Iraq still struggles to overcome violence, sectarian tensions and political instability.
Islamic State of Iraq, the country's al Qaeda wing, is regaining strength, invigorated by the Sunni Muslim rebellion in neighbouring Syria and has carried out dozens of high-profile attacks since the start of the year.
Car bombs, roadside explosions and suicide attacks on Tuesday hit mainly Shi'ite districts and security forces in Baghdad and other cities, including a bomber who detonated his blast inside a restaurant in the northern city of Mosul.
"What has reached you on Tuesday is just the first drop of rain, and a first phase, for by God's will, after this we will have our revenge," the al Qaeda statement posted on a jihadist website said.
Sunni Islamists see Iraq's Shi'ite-led government as oppressors of the country's Sunni minority and target Shi'ites to try to provoke a sectarian confrontation like the inter-communal slaughter that killed thousands in 2006-7.
Suicide bombers have struck nearly twice a week since January, a rate Iraq has not seen for several years.
The Iraq war began on March 20, 2003, with US air strikes on the capital.
Iraq's sectarian and political rivalries are still raw. Its power-sharing government split among Shi'ite, Sunnis and Kurdish factions has been all but paralysed by disputes for more than a year.
Syria's growing conflict over the border is stirring up Iraq's volatile mix, exposing the country to the rivalry between Turkey, which backs Sunni rebels fighting President Bashar al Assad, and Shi'ite power Iran which sponsors him.
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