Overall, violence in Iraq has dropped since the peak of sectarian attacks between 2005 and 2007, but lethal attacks continue to occur almost daily.
MORE: http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/23/explosions-in-and-around-baghdad-kill-at-least-9/?hpt=hp_t3&hpt=imi_c2
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Twin blasts kill 11 in Iraq
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/20/world/meast/iraq-violence/index.html
