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| Twin bombing hits Iraqi capital | Twin bombing hits Iraqi capital |
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| A double bombing in a west Baghdad business district has killed at least eight people and wounded another 20, Iraqi police say. | A double bombing in a west Baghdad business district has killed at least eight people and wounded another 20, Iraqi police say. |
| The first blast was a car bomb followed two minutes later by another explosion caused either by another car bomb or a roadside device, police said. | The first blast was a car bomb followed two minutes later by another explosion caused either by another car bomb or a roadside device, police said. |
| In other violence, an explosion at a junction in central Baghdad killed at least two people. | |
| Violence has dropped sharply in Iraq since last year, but attacks continue. | Violence has dropped sharply in Iraq since last year, but attacks continue. |
| US military officials have warned that security gains remain fragile and that insurgents retain the ability to strike at US and Iraqi government targets. | US military officials have warned that security gains remain fragile and that insurgents retain the ability to strike at US and Iraqi government targets. |
| On Tuesday night, a car bomb killed a leader of a US-backed Sunni Muslim armed group in Ramadi, west of Baghdad. |