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| Baghdad rush hour bomb 'kills 20' | Baghdad rush hour bomb 'kills 20' |
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| A car bomb has killed at least 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. | Police said about 40 vehicles, including buses, had been set alight in the explosion. |
| Medical officials told the French news agency AFP that 15 people were killed, but police told other news agencies that up to 25 people had died and 35-40 people injured. | |
| 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. | 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". | 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". |
| 'Wrongful attack' | |
| Separately, the US military said it was investigating an incident in a village north of Baghdad last week where an American helicopter attack killed 11 men and wounded eight others after wrongly identifying them as al-Qaeda militants. | |
| Survivors and residents of the village, Khalis, have told the BBC that all those killed and injured were guards, recognised by local authorities. | |
| The US military told the BBC that it considers the armed men to have been a militia conducting an offensive operation near Iraqi police. But they no longer described them as al-Qaeda. | |
| The survivors of the attack said they were helping the police check a house believed to be used by insurgents. | |
| Neither US nor Iraqi forces had been told of a local watch programme in the area, the BBC's Andrew North in Baghdad says. |