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| Scores die in Iraq market attack | |
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| Seventy people have been killed in a double car bombing in Baghdad, a police source has told the BBC. | |
| One hundred and ten others were injured in the two blasts at a second-hand market in the centre of the city. | |
| It is the second major attack in less than a week. Six days ago, 70 died in a bombing outside a Baghdad university. | It is the second major attack in less than a week. Six days ago, 70 died in a bombing outside a Baghdad university. |
| Monday's strikes came as US troops began to arrive in Baghdad as part of a new US plan to bring security to the country, wracked by sectarian violence. | Monday's strikes came as US troops began to arrive in Baghdad as part of a new US plan to bring security to the country, wracked by sectarian violence. |
| The 3,200 troops sent to Baghdad are the advance guard of a 21,500-strong deployment ordered by President George Bush earlier this month. | The 3,200 troops sent to Baghdad are the advance guard of a 21,500-strong deployment ordered by President George Bush earlier this month. |
| Challenge ahead | Challenge ahead |
| The bombs exploded in the Haraj market, which sells second-hand clothing and DVDs, shortly after midday (0900 GMT). | The bombs exploded in the Haraj market, which sells second-hand clothing and DVDs, shortly after midday (0900 GMT). |
| Columns of thick smoke could be seen hanging over the area. | Columns of thick smoke could be seen hanging over the area. |
| Correspondents say the attacks highlight the challenges faced by US forces as they prepare to rein in the Sunni and Shia insurgents who have been carrying out deadly tit-for-tat attacks. | Correspondents say the attacks highlight the challenges faced by US forces as they prepare to rein in the Sunni and Shia insurgents who have been carrying out deadly tit-for-tat attacks. |
| Previous attempts to stop the killings in the capital have failed, in part, analysts say, because coalition and Iraqi troops have not stayed in an area once insurgents have been cleared. | Previous attempts to stop the killings in the capital have failed, in part, analysts say, because coalition and Iraqi troops have not stayed in an area once insurgents have been cleared. |
| Under the new plans, once an area is taken, the extra US troops will stay behind, backing up Iraqi forces to hold the area. | Under the new plans, once an area is taken, the extra US troops will stay behind, backing up Iraqi forces to hold the area. |