--STORY CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES--<br/> <br />Blood spills in Basra in a series of bomb attacks that killed at least eight people.<br/> <br />A witness describes the grim scene on the ground.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) UNIDENTIFIED MALE EYEWITNESS, SAYING;<br/> <br />"I was at home when a bomb went off. And when people gathered -- a car bomb blew up, sending people flying -- as you can see there are pieces of flesh scattered all around. Dead people were lying on the ground. Then a third bomb went off making the situation even worse. As you see, pieces of car wreckage flew to the far end of the street. A man was cut in half."<br/> <br />On Sunday violence swept through predominantly Shi'ite Muslim provinces in Iraq killing at least 24 people.<br/> <br />Security sources say it's not clear who was behind Sunday's explosions, but Sunni Islamist insurgents have been regaining strength in recent months.<br/> <br />The violence is part of a sustained campaign of militant attacks this year that has prompted fears of wider
