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    March 20, 2012

Bomb Blasts Rip Across Iraq

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   Iraqis inspect the site of a car bomb in the central town of Hilla,
   south of Baghdad, March 20, 2012.
   Photo: AFP
   Iraqis inspect the site of a car bomb in the central town of Hilla,
   south of Baghdad, March 20, 2012.

   A series of near simultaneous bombings in nearly a dozen Iraqi cities
   has killed at least 38 people and wounded 160.
   Iraqi police say car and roadside bombs went off early Tuesday in a
   number of places, including Baghdad, Kirkuk, and the holy Shi'ite city
   of Karbala.
   It is unclear who was targeted by the bombs and no one has yet claimed
   responsibility.
   There are few details so far on the attacks which come on the heels of
   the ninth anniversary - March 19 - of the U.S.-led invasion that
   toppled the late dictator Saddam Hussein and just ahead of next week's
   Arab League summit in Baghdad.

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