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Suspected insurgents set off two bombs in a main square of central Baghdad where scores of Iraqis were waiting for jobs as day labourers yesterday, killing at least 71 people and wounding 151, police said.
The carefully co-ordinated attack in Tayaran Square at 7am involved a parked car bomb and a suicide attacker who drove up in a minibus, pretended to hire day labourers, then set off his explosive as they got into his vehicle, said police Lt. Bilal Ali.See the full content of this document
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Baghdad Bombs Kill 71 Waiting to Get Work
The simultaneous explosions, which occurred about 100 feet apart, shattered windows in store fronts, left craters and blood stains in the road, and set fire to about 10...
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