Friday, February 01, 2008

Twin bombings in Baghdad kill 35

BBC

Two bombs in busy Baghdad markets have killed at least 35 people and wounded 75 more, police say.

The first blast struck at around 1020 local time (0720GMT) in the popular Ghazil animal market, which has been bombed three times in the past year.

The bomb, which was hidden in a box of birds, exploded during a busy time for the market.

A second blast 20 minutes later tore through another crowded market in the southeast of the capital.

The blasts are the deadliest to hit the Iraqi capital in months.

In November, a blast killed 15 at the Ghazil market, in an attack the US military blamed on Iranian-backed Shia militants.

But with the Iraqi capital's improving security climate customers had started returning to the market in large numbers, correspondents say.

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