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| A car bomb has killed 20 people and wounded dozens more in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, police said. | A car bomb has killed 20 people and wounded dozens more in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, police said. |
| The bomb was left in a parked car at a bus terminal in the mainly Shia district of Bayaa in south-west Baghdad, officials said. | The bomb was left in a parked car at a bus terminal in the mainly Shia district of Bayaa in south-west Baghdad, officials said. |
| The explosion tore through crowds of commuters waiting for buses during the morning rush hour, police said. | The explosion tore through crowds of commuters waiting for buses during the morning rush hour, police said. |
| The blast comes as US and Iraqi forces continue a big security drive in and around Baghdad. | The blast comes as US and Iraqi forces continue a big security drive in and around Baghdad. |
| Police said about 40 vehicles, including buses, had been set alight in the explosion. | |
| The Baghdad blast came as three British soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb hit their patrol in Basra, in southern Iraq. A fourth soldier was wounded. | |
| Earlier this week, the White House predicted a "difficult" summer ahead in Iraq as militants "do their very best to try to create very spectacular acts of terror". |