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| Two car bombs have exploded in the Shia district of Sadr City in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killing at least 17 people, police say. | |
| Dozens more people were wounded in the blasts, which occurred in busy markets in the impoverished area. | |
| Suicide bombings last week, including one at a key Shia shrine, killed at least 150 people in just two days. | |
| Correspondents say the violence has raised concerns that Iraq could slide back into sectarian conflict. | |
| At least 45 people were wounded in the twin blasts, police and officials said. | |
| A third bomb was being defused, police told Reuters news agency. | |
| Iraq was wracked by sectarian conflict between Sunni and Shia Muslim groups in the wake of the US-led invasion in 2003. | |
| The violence has been reduced in recent months. | |
| But last week's attacks included a bombing which killed at least 60 people at Baghdad's main Shia shrine, sparking fears of Shia reprisals. | |
| Sadr City has long been a stronghold of supporters of radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr. |