Another life lost in Iraq's deadly turmoil.<br/> <br />At least five people died when two coordinated car bombs detonated minutes apart in the southern city of Basra.<br/> <br />The explosions injured at least 10 others and charred buildings in the city centre.<br/> <br />The second blast killed a police colonel investigating the first explosion which came 10 minutes earlier.<br/> <br />The southern city of Nassiriya was another of several targets Sunday.<br/> <br />Here the car bombings hit popular markets, adding at least two more lives to the country's rapidly rising death toll.<br/> <br />Gunmen also shot dead six policemen at a checkpoint near the northern city of Mosul.<br/> <br />Nearly 2,000 people have been killed in sectarian attacks since violence surged in April.
