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Deadly bomb attacks hit Baghdad Deadly bomb attacks hit Baghdad
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At least 13 people have been killed in a bomb attack on a mini-bus carrying government employees in eastern Baghdad, security officials say. At least 18 people have been killed in two rush-hour bomb attacks in Baghdad.
Initial reports say many others were wounded in the attack, which happened during the rush-hour. Security officials say at least 13 people died when a roadside bomb blew up a minibus carrying government employees in eastern Baghdad.
In a separate incident, a female suicide bomber blew herself up outside Baghdad's heavily guarded Green Zone, killing five people, police said.In a separate incident, a female suicide bomber blew herself up outside Baghdad's heavily guarded Green Zone, killing five people, police said.
Eyewitnesses say the attack was near one of the main entrances to the zone.
The secure area houses foreign embassies, government offices and the Iraqi parliament.The secure area houses foreign embassies, government offices and the Iraqi parliament.
Police said the woman set off the explosives in a crowd of employees waiting to enter the zone. Initial reports say many others have been wounded in the attacks.
Hospital and police sources are quoted as saying that the 13 killed in the roadside bomb were all female employees in Iraq's trade ministry.
The female suicide bomber detonated her explosives in a crowd of people waiting to enter the Green Zone on their way to work, security officials said.
Correspondents say the use of women in suicide bomb attacks in Iraq has become more common.