Series of suicide bombings rock Iraq killing at least 60

In the third attack in two days in Iraq, simultaneous attacks by suicide bombers targeted the most important Shiite shrine in Baghdad, killing at least 60 people and injuring close to 125 others as they gathered for Friday prayers. This bombing comes a day after nearly 80 people were killed in three separate suicide attacks in Baghdad and Baquba, which was the single deadliest day in Iraq in more than a year. Is this a sign of widespread civil unrest? Or a temporary but dramatic upsurge in violence? Joining us now is the New York Times Baghdad correspondent Stephen Lee Myers.

For more, read Stephen Lee Myers' and Timothy Williams' article, Two Suicide Bombers Kill at Least 60 in Baghdad, in today's New York Times.

For footage of some of the recent attacks, watch the Associated Press video below.

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