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| Car bombs and blasts attack Iraqi Shia districts in Baghdad | Car bombs and blasts attack Iraqi Shia districts in Baghdad |
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| A series of co-ordinated car bombs and explosions have rocked Shia districts across Baghdad and south of the Iraqi capital, killing up to 23 people on the 10th anniversary of the US-led invasion. | |
| Police officials say the attacks, mostly car bombings, targeted mainly small restaurants, groups of labourers and bus stops in the Iraqi capital, all within a one-hour period. | Police officials say the attacks, mostly car bombings, targeted mainly small restaurants, groups of labourers and bus stops in the Iraqi capital, all within a one-hour period. |
| Officials say a further 80 people have been wounded. | Officials say a further 80 people have been wounded. |
| Sunni Islamist insurgents linked to al-Qaida have stepped up their campaign against Shia targets this year in an attempt to trigger sectarian tensions and undermine Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government. | |
| A total of nine car bombs and roadside blasts went off across the capital on Tuesday. A suicide bomber driving a truck also attacked a police base in another predominantly Shia town south of Baghdad, police and hospital sources said. | |
| No group immediately claimed responsibility, but Iraq's al-Qaida wing, Islamic State of Iraq, has vowed to take back ground lost in its long war with the US-led coalition. Since the start of the year the group has carried out a string of high-profile attacks. |