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| Iraq bombs leave at least 38 dead | Iraq bombs leave at least 38 dead |
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| A bomb has exploded at a busy Baghdad market, killing 24 people and injuring more than 35, Iraqi police say. | |
| Witnesses said body parts and debris were strewn across the Shurja market, a scene of frequent attacks. | Witnesses said body parts and debris were strewn across the Shurja market, a scene of frequent attacks. |
| At least two people died in a separate blast in the capital, while a bomb at an army recruitment centre in the town of Hilla killed 12 people, police said. | At least two people died in a separate blast in the capital, while a bomb at an army recruitment centre in the town of Hilla killed 12 people, police said. |
| Hilla, the capital of the mixed Sunni and Shia province of Babel, has been frequently targeted by insurgents. | Hilla, the capital of the mixed Sunni and Shia province of Babel, has been frequently targeted by insurgents. |
| Wednesday's blasts are the latest in a series of attacks which have killed dozens of people across Iraq since the weekend. | Wednesday's blasts are the latest in a series of attacks which have killed dozens of people across Iraq since the weekend. |
| They come against a background of a joint US and Iraqi security clampdown that officials insist is working. | |
| It probably does not feel that way to Baghdad 's citizens, says the BBC's world affairs correspondent Nick Childs. | |
| The latest bombings, particularly in the capital, he says, look like by further attempts by insurgents in a political war of nerves to disprove US and Iraqi assertions. | |
| Renewed attack | Renewed attack |
| The roadside bomb went off at the Shurja market at about 1000 local time (0600 GMT), police said. | |
| "There are patches of blood everywhere in the area and firefighters are fighting to quell the fire, as many shops are burning," a police officer told the French news agency AFP. | |
| The blast also injured at least 38 people, according to officials. | The blast also injured at least 38 people, according to officials. |
| Shurja, a teeming maze of streets and stalls, is one of Baghdad's biggest markets. | Shurja, a teeming maze of streets and stalls, is one of Baghdad's biggest markets. |
| It has been attacked before. A blast there three weeks ago left 10 people dead. | It has been attacked before. A blast there three weeks ago left 10 people dead. |
| Also on Wednesday, a petrol station in the capital was bombed, leaving at least two people dead. | Also on Wednesday, a petrol station in the capital was bombed, leaving at least two people dead. |
| Just hours earlier, at about 0800 (0400 GMT) , a crowd had gathered outside an army recruitment centre in Hilla when a bomb exploded. | |
| A police spokesman said it was believed the bomb was attached to a bicycle or motorcycle. | A police spokesman said it was believed the bomb was attached to a bicycle or motorcycle. |
| Recruitment centres for the Iraqi army and police have been frequent targets for insurgents. | Recruitment centres for the Iraqi army and police have been frequent targets for insurgents. |
| Hilla was the scene of the bloodiest single attack in Iraq since the US-led invasion in 2003, when about 125 people were killed by a suicide bomber in February 2005. |