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| Two car bombs kill 15 near Basra | |
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| At least 15 people have been killed in two car bomb blasts near Basra in southern Iraq, hospital officials say. | |
| At least another 30 were injured in the blasts, which took place in the town of Qurna, 60km (35 miles) north of Basra. | At least another 30 were injured in the blasts, which took place in the town of Qurna, 60km (35 miles) north of Basra. |
| One exploded at a bus station and the other shortly afterwards at the market in the town around 0730 (0330 GMT), officials said. | One exploded at a bus station and the other shortly afterwards at the market in the town around 0730 (0330 GMT), officials said. |
| A doctor at the town's hospital said that there were women and children among the dead and injured. | A doctor at the town's hospital said that there were women and children among the dead and injured. |
| And a witness quoted by the Associated Press news agency said the blasts had struck an area crowded with farmers coming to town to shop and sell their produce and sheep, chicken and other animals. | |
| Hundreds of people die every month in attacks which have brought Iraq to the brink of civil war. | |
| Millions of people have also been displaced by the spiralling sectarian strife. | |
| Most of the violence is between Sunnis and Shias. | |
| The Sunnis accuse Shia militias and their allies in the security forces of operating squads that kidnap, torture and kill Sunni civilians. | |
| Suicide bombings blamed on Sunni militants frequently target Shias. |