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| Baghdad car bomb blast kills 29 | |
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| A car bomb has killed at least 29 people and injured dozens in a mostly Shia Muslim district of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, police say. | |
| It went off in Bayaa in the south-west of the city - an area which has already been targeted by car bombs blamed on Sunni insurgents several times. | It went off in Bayaa in the south-west of the city - an area which has already been targeted by car bombs blamed on Sunni insurgents several times. |
| Bystanders used blankets to carry away dead and injured, placing them in the back of pick-up trucks, Reuters says. | Bystanders used blankets to carry away dead and injured, placing them in the back of pick-up trucks, Reuters says. |
| Bombs have continued to rock the city despite an 11-week security clampdown. | Bombs have continued to rock the city despite an 11-week security clampdown. |
| There is little evidence that the Baghdad Security Plan, or "surge" as it is also known, has made inroads against the insurgency, the BBC's Humphrey Hawksley reports from Baghdad. | |
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