"Many days saw waves of violence nationwide, with a spate of attacks on October 5 killing 73 people, while 77 others died on October 17. On both days, the deadliest attacks were carried out in Baghdad.
Much of the violence has been attributed to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, an Al-Qaeda front group opposed to Iraq's Shiite-led government that has carried out attacks in both Iraq and neighbouring Syria.
Diplomats and analysts have called for Maliki's government to seek a long-term accommodation with the country's disaffected Sunni Arab minority in order to drain support for militancy.
But officials have thus far concentrated on security operations that they insist are yielding results."
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