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Eugene

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Tue Aug 6, 2013, 01:10 PM Aug 2013

Officials: Car bombs kill 20 people in Iraq

Source: Associated Press

Officials: Car bombs kill 20 people in Iraq

AP foreign, Tuesday August 6 2013

SAMEER N. YACOUB

Associated Press= BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqi officials say a wave of car bombs, mainly targeting markets in and near Baghdad, has killed 20 people and wounded dozens.

Police officials say the deadliest among Tuesday's attacks came before sunset, when a car bomb exploded near a market in Baghdad's southeastern suburbs of Nahrwan. That attack killed six people and wounded 17.

Later, car bombs exploded in markets and busy streets in different parts of Baghdad and near the Iraqi capital, killing a total of 14 people and wounding scores.

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