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    February 23, 2012

Attacks Kill At Least 50, Wound 200 in Iraq

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   Ahmed Ali inspects his destroyed car after a car bomb explosion in
   Baghdad, Iraq, February 23, 2012.
   Photo: AP
   Ahmed Ali inspects his destroyed car after a car bomb explosion in
   Baghdad, Iraq, February 23, 2012.

   Iraqi officials say a wave of attacks across the country has killed at
   least 50 people and wounded more than 200 others in one of the
   deadliest days this year.
   Most of the deaths Thursday came in Baghdad, where several bombs
   exploded including one in the city's mainly Shi'ite Karradah district
   that killed nine people and wounded 24 others.
   Militants also stuck 10 other cities and towns with attacks on security
   patrols, a restaurant and a school.
   The outbreak of violence follows a car bombing Sunday in Baghdad that
   killed at least 19 rectuirs outside a police academy.
   Prior to that, the capital had seen weeks of relative calm accompanied
   by the easing of political tensions between Iraq's Shi'ite prime
   minister and senior members of a Sunni political bloc.

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