The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. August 17, 2012 At Least 70 Killed in Wave of Iraq Violence -------------------------------------------- At least 70 people were killed Thursday in a series of bombings and shootings across Iraq. It was Iraq's deadliest day of violence since more than 100 people were slain on July 23. .