Residents of Kirkuk gaze at damage done by three roadside bombs at a livestock market early Tuesday.<br/> <br />At least six were killed and another 10 were injured in this attack.<br/> <br />Six others were killed in a separate assault also on Tuesday.<br/> <br />They are the latest string of attacks that have rocked Iraq over the past 24 hours.<br/> <br />More than 70 people were killed in bombings targeting Shi'ite Muslims across the country Monday.<br/> <br />In the city of Hilla, 11 were killed by a car bomb and a separate suicide bomber late Monday evening.<br/> <br />The number of people killed in sectarian clashes in the past week is now over 200.<br/> <br />Tensions between Shi'ites, who now lead Iraq, and minority Sunni Muslims have reached a point where some fear a return to all-out civil conflict.<br/> <br />Fears are growing that the conflict in Syria -- between the Iranian-backed Assad government and the rebels backed by Sunni Gulf states -- are fueling proxy conflicts in Iraq as well as Lebanon.
