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40 Die In 3 Bombings, 93 Wounded

Good morning,

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A bomb exploded Monday in the central marketplace in Hillah, killing at least 15 people and wounding 56, police said. The marketplace in the predominantly Shiite city about 65 miles south of Baghdad was crowded with predinner shoppers buying vegetables and other goods when the bomb exploded.

Ambulances ferried the injured to hospitals.

Angry survivors shouted "Down, down with the police" and threw stones to express their anger over the lack of security in the city near ancient Babylon.

Hillah was the site of one of the deadliest attacks on Shiite targets. On Feb. 28, 2005, a suicide car bomber targeted police and national guard recruits in the town, killing 125 people.

The next attack was a bicycle bombing in Baqouba, the Sunni insurgent stronghold 35 miles northeast of Baghdad. The bombing killed at least 25 and wounded 33, according to Dr. Ahmed Fouad, director of the morgue at Baqouba General Hospital.
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A bomb also exploded near a house in the village of Khernabat, wounding four residents, in the same area where the bicycle attack occurred, police said.




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posted by Wink @ 11:09 AM