Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Bomb devastates market in Baghdad

BBC

A car bomb has killed at least 25 people and wounded dozens more in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, police say.

The bomb exploded in an outdoor market in the mainly Shia Amil district, in the south-west of the city.

Many of those killed and wounded were women and children, medical and military officials said.

The bombing is the latest in a series of attacks on markets by suspected Sunni insurgents, as US forces carry out a security operation in Baghdad......

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