Seven car bombs explode across Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 13 people in apparently coordinated attacks that targeted mainly Shi'ite Muslim districts.<br/> <br />At least two people are killed and seven others wounded after a car bomb explodes at a car wash.<br/> <br />No one is immediately claiming responsibility for the attacks. But Sunni Islamist militants have been regaining ground in Iraq, particularly in Anbar province, where they overran two cities on January 1.<br/> <br />Since then, more than 1,000 people have been killed across the country. The latest round of attacks builds on a trend of intensifying violence that made last year Iraq's bloodiest since 2008.
