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40 Iraqis Killed in Multiple Bomb Attacks
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?r=279&ctl=13B886B:A6F02AD83191E1600A918D9C3165D88E9574F7DCC14957C0 More than 70 were
also wounded in bombings in Hilla and Shurja





Iraqi merchants at the Shurja market take care of their shops after
insurgents set off a roadside bomb at one of Baghdad's most visited
shopping areas, 30 August 2006Iraqi authorities say at least 40 people
have been killed and more than 70 wounded in multiple bomb attacks
Wednesday.

The first attack took place at an army recruiting center in southern
Iraq, in the town of Hilla. A time bomb planted on a parked bicycle
exploded and ripped through a crowd of young men outside the military
office, killing 12 of them and wounding 38.

In Baghdad, police say at least 24 people were killed and 35 were
wounded by a bomb that exploded in the commercial neighborhood of
Shurja where clothing and household products are sold.

Three more people were killed and others were injured by several other
bomb blasts in different parts of the Iraqi capital.

Today's attacks took place despite an intensified security clampdown
in Baghdad by U.S. and Iraqi forces.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP and AP.


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