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                       Twin Car Bombs Kill 10 in Baghdad

   by VOA News

   Iraqi security officials say two car bombs exploded at two heavily
   fortified five-star hotels in Baghdad, killing at least 10 people and
   wounding nearly 30 others.

   The first explosion occurred in the parking lot of the Babylon Hotel
   late Thursday, killing six people and wounding 14 others.

   Several minutes later, another car bomb exploded outside the Meridian -
   a former Sheraton Hotel - killing four people and wounding 13.

   "The two blasts that took place yesterday at the two hotels killed many
   people, innocent and young people, what crime have they committed to be
   killed in such a manner?" asked one eyewitness.

   Nobody claimed responsibility, but Iraq is seeing almost daily attacks
   that have been frequently claimed by the Islamic State group, which
   seized a large swath of the country last year.

   Insurgents seized the city of Ramadi, west of Baghdad, earlier this
   month in a serious setback to the Iraqi government and a U.S. campaign
   of airstrikes against Islamic State militants.
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