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15 Killed In Bombings and Shootings, 41 + Wounded

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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Car bombs killed eight people in a Shiite slum and gunmen mounted a deadly ambush on a bus in a Sunni area of the capital Monday as Iraq's sectarian violence showed no sign of easing.

The coordinated bombing attack in Baghdad's Sadr City began at midmorning when a car exploded near a repair shop. Minutes later, a suicide bomber blew up his vehicle in a crowd of curiosity-seekers who were milling around the first blast site, witnesses and police said.

In addition to the dead, 41 people were wounded, most of them in the second blast, police said.

Hours later, gunmen attacked a bus in the predominantly Sunni neighborhood of Amariyah in western Baghdad, killing the driver and six passengers, including a woman, police Capt. Jamil Hussein said. The attackers set fire to the bus before fleeing.

The bombings in Sadr City may have been a reprisal for an attack Sunday in west Baghdad's Jihad neighborhood, where Shiite gunmen rampaged through the streets, stopping people, checking identification cards and killing people with clearly Sunni names.

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posted by Wink @ 1:54 PM