BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A wave of bomb att...

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A wave of bomb attacks and shootings swept Iraq upon Sunday, killing dozens of folks despite a massive security operation in the capital and appeals from Prime Minister Nouri al- Maliki for an extreme point to sectarian fighting.

Al-Maliki insisted that his conduct was making progress in combatting attacks from insurgents and sectarian clashes between Shiites and Sunnis. "We're not in a civil war. Iraq will not at any time be in a civil war," he said by the agency of an interpreter on CNN. "The violence is in decrease and our security ability is increasing."

Across Iraq, Sunday's attacks left more than 50 the community dead.

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