Blasts kill dozens in Baghdad, Mosul

BAGHDAD, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Attacks Monday against government and military facilities in Baghdad and Mosul killed at least 35 people, Iraqi authorities said.

An Iraqi Interior Ministry official said a car bombing and a separate suicide bombing in eastern Baghdad occurred minutes apart, killing at least 16 people and wounding 46 others, CNN reported.

At least 16 people died in a militant attack in Mosul, officials told CNN

A roadside bombing killed three people and left a senior Iraqi government official in critical condition Monday, CNN reported. The attack took place near the home of retired Maj. Gen. Mudher al-Mawla, killing two of his bodyguards and his driver.