**At least four car bombs have exploded in Iraq, with reports of dozens dead and many more wounded.**Two truck bombs exploded in a Shia village near the northern city of Mosul, killing at least 23 people and injuring more than 100.
Meanwhile, two car bombs went off near construction sites in Baghdad. More than a dozen people are reported killed and many more wounded.
The attacks come exactly a month after US troops pulled back from Iraq cities.
Nearly 40 people were killed in a series of attacks on Shias on Friday.
Losing confidence
At around 0400 (0100 GMT) on Monday, trucks bombs exploded nearly simultaneously in the village of Khaznah, 20km (13 miles) east of Mosul.
The blasts were so powerful that at least 30 homes in the village - home to the tiny Shia Shabak ethnic group - were completely destroyed.
All the dead were civilians because the trucks were parked in an alley and not near a police station, the Associated Press news agency reports.
Ethnically-mixed Mosul - Iraq’s second city - is one of the last strongholds of al-Qaeda in Iraq, and still sees frequent attacks despite a decline in violence elsewhere in the country.
However, despite security gains in Baghdad, at least two car bombs went off near construction sites in separate parts of the capital on Monday.
They appeared to be mainly targeting labourers who were gathering in the early morning looking for work.
Those attacks are believed to have claimed the lives of at least 16 people and wounded nearly 80 others.
Nearly 40 people were killed and more than 130 injured on Friday after attackers bombed five Shia mosques during Friday prayers in and around Baghdad.
Exactly one month ago US troops pulled out from cities across Iraq, handing over security to Iraqi forces.
The BBC’s Natalia Antelava in Baghdad says the confidence that ordinary Iraqis have in their government to protect them is decreasing.