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| Dozens killed in Baghdad blasts | Dozens killed in Baghdad blasts |
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| Two car bombs have exploded in central Baghdad, killing at least 45 people and injuring more than 100. | |
| Reports say the blasts went off simultaneously in a central square, one in a parked car and the other in a vehicle driven by a suicide bomber. | |
| A police spokesman said it appeared that the bombs were aimed at a police patrol and a crowd of Iraqis gathering to apply for jobs as day labourers. | A police spokesman said it appeared that the bombs were aimed at a police patrol and a crowd of Iraqis gathering to apply for jobs as day labourers. |
| Gunfire could be heard immediately after the explosions. | Gunfire could be heard immediately after the explosions. |
| It was not clear whether it involved police or insurgents staging a co-ordinated attack. | It was not clear whether it involved police or insurgents staging a co-ordinated attack. |
| The square is located near several government ministries and a bridge which crosses the Tigris River to the heavily fortified Green Zone, where the Iraqi parliament and the American and British embassies are located. | The square is located near several government ministries and a bridge which crosses the Tigris River to the heavily fortified Green Zone, where the Iraqi parliament and the American and British embassies are located. |
| 'Bees to honey' | |
| Police said a pickup van packed with explosives detonated in the busy Tayaran Square in the Rusafa district of the city. | |
| The vehicle was offering daily work to the gathered labourers, they said - attracting a large crowd before the explosion. | |
| "They came like bees to honey," an interior ministry official told AFP news agency. | |
| Thick, black smoke could be seen rising from the site, witnesses said. |