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Iraq: 31 killed in morning attacks
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At least 31 people were killed in a string of morning attacks across Baghdad on Thursday. Iraqi officials say the bombings and shootings mostly appeared to target police.
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Iraqi firefighters try to extinguish a burning bus at teh scene of a car bomb explosion in Karradah in downtown Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012. |
The worst blast detonated in the Shiite neighborhood of Karradah during rush hour, shaking buildings and windows blocks away.
Police say a further 9 people were killed and 24 wounded in the explosion near a security checkpoint, at the centre of Baghdad's downtown shopping district.
Officials at nearby hospitals confirmed the casualties. Six more policemen were killed in a drive-by shooting by gunmen with silenced pistols, at a security checkpoint in a Sunni area in northern Baghdad.
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