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| Iraq: Baghdad's Shia neighbourhoods rocked by series of car bombs | |
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| A wave of car bombs has struck Shia neighbourhoods in Baghdad, killing at least 24 people and wounding dozens – the latest violence to rock Iraq in recent months. | A wave of car bombs has struck Shia neighbourhoods in Baghdad, killing at least 24 people and wounding dozens – the latest violence to rock Iraq in recent months. |
| The deadliest of Monday's blasts was in the eastern Sadr City district, where a parked car bomb tore through a small vegetable market and its car park, killing seven people and wounding 16, a police officer said. | The deadliest of Monday's blasts was in the eastern Sadr City district, where a parked car bomb tore through a small vegetable market and its car park, killing seven people and wounding 16, a police officer said. |
| That was followed by four parked car bombs, which went off in quick succession across the Iraqi capital, striking outdoor markets or car parks. | That was followed by four parked car bombs, which went off in quick succession across the Iraqi capital, striking outdoor markets or car parks. |
| Those attacks killed a total of 17 civilians and wounded 59, officials said on condition of anonymity. | Those attacks killed a total of 17 civilians and wounded 59, officials said on condition of anonymity. |
| Attacks in different parts of Iraq – including two suicide bombings in the country's relatively peaceful northern Kurdish region – killed 46 people on Sunday. | Attacks in different parts of Iraq – including two suicide bombings in the country's relatively peaceful northern Kurdish region – killed 46 people on Sunday. |
| No group immediately claimed responsibility for the latest attacks but they bear the hallmarks of al-Qaida's local branch in Iraq, known as the Islamic State of Iraq. | No group immediately claimed responsibility for the latest attacks but they bear the hallmarks of al-Qaida's local branch in Iraq, known as the Islamic State of Iraq. |
| Al-Qaida is believed to be trying to build on the Sunni minority's discontent over what they consider to be second-class treatment by Iraq's Shia-led government. | Al-Qaida is believed to be trying to build on the Sunni minority's discontent over what they consider to be second-class treatment by Iraq's Shia-led government. |
| More than 4,500 people have been killed since April. | More than 4,500 people have been killed since April. |
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