Iraq bombings kill 19 in Sadr City and Ramadi

Iraq bombings kill 19, including 14 in the Sadr City section of Baghdad and another five in Ramadi (again, in supposedly pacified Anbar). Ramadi was hit yesterday as well. Dozens more were wounded across the country in a flurry of attacks three weeks after the U.S. military completed its withdrawal from Iraqi cities. A state of emergency was declared in Ramadi as well.

Reconciliation in Iraq seems many moons away. An analysis from WINEP offers some constructive suggestions on reconciliation in Iraq, but as Thomas Ricks notes, that seems many moons away.