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| More than 140 people have been killed in a wave of car bomb and mortar blasts in the Shia Sadr City area of the Iraqi capital, security sources say. | More than 140 people have been killed in a wave of car bomb and mortar blasts in the Shia Sadr City area of the Iraqi capital, security sources say. |
| Details are sketchy, but a further 200 were reportedly wounded in one of the most devastating series of attacks since the US-led invasion in 2003. | Details are sketchy, but a further 200 were reportedly wounded in one of the most devastating series of attacks since the US-led invasion in 2003. |
| In one incident a car exploded at a food market which is a regular target of mainly Sunni Muslim insurgents. | In one incident a car exploded at a food market which is a regular target of mainly Sunni Muslim insurgents. |
| Elsewhere, gunmen attacked the health ministry, sparking battles with guards. | Elsewhere, gunmen attacked the health ministry, sparking battles with guards. |
| Panic | Panic |
| In the first blast at about 1500 local time, a car exploded in the Jamila food market, where eyewitnesses told reporters that burned bodies and human flesh littered the ground. | |
| Death toll hits record high Living with violence | |
| It was followed by two other blasts at 15-minute intervals, the BBC's David Loyn in Baghdad says. | It was followed by two other blasts at 15-minute intervals, the BBC's David Loyn in Baghdad says. |
| The vegetable market had been packed with shoppers buying provisions ahead of the Friday holiday. | The vegetable market had been packed with shoppers buying provisions ahead of the Friday holiday. |
| The bomb went off in an area where people gather to pick up the minibuses that operate as taxis in the city. | The bomb went off in an area where people gather to pick up the minibuses that operate as taxis in the city. |
| The scale of attack caused a fierce fire and immediate panic in the poor Shia region in the east of Baghdad. | The scale of attack caused a fierce fire and immediate panic in the poor Shia region in the east of Baghdad. |
| The blasts destroyed whole streets, leaving bodies strewn among mangled wreckage. | |
| The number of casualties put major pressure on transport and hospitals. | The number of casualties put major pressure on transport and hospitals. |
| Angry residents and armed Shia militiamen came out onto the streets, hurling curses at Sunni Muslims, the Associated Press news agency reports. | |
| Shortly after the blasts, a dozen mortars hit the Adhamiya district, a predominantly Sunni area, reports said. | |
| In another part of Baghdad, five people were reported injured at the health ministry when some 30 gunmen opened fire on the compound. | |
| The daily attacks in Baghdad are now more brazen and more sectarian, says the BBC's Middle East analyst Roger Hardy. | |
| On Wednesday, the United Nations said violent deaths among civilians hit a record high in October, with more than 3,700 people losing their lives - the majority in sectarian attacks. | |
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