Fatal car bombs hit Baghdad

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Fatal car bombs hit Baghdad

Eleven people killed in two attacks as violence continues in Iraq amid political crisis after US military withdrawalTwo separate car bombs have exploded in a Shia district in eastern Baghdad, police officials said, killing 11 people as violence surges in Iraq after the US military withdrawal. A wave of bombings has killed at least 170 people since the beginning of the year, many of whom were Shia pilgrims attending religious commemorations.

published date:Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:31:21 GMT
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