Car bomb kills 16, wounds 40 in Baghdad

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Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD, March 26 (Reuters) - A car bomb in a crowded shopping district in northern Baghdad killed 16 people and wounded 40 others on Thursday, police said, the latest in a series of attacks to strike the Iraqi capital.

Four children and four women were among the casualties from the blast next to a bus terminal in the mostly Shi'ite district of Shaab, near a popular market, they said.

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Persistent bombings highlight the challenges Iraqi security forces face as the United States prepares to withdraw all of its combat troops from the country by Aug. 31, 2010.

"We heard two explosions, one was a faint one, then a much louder one," said a shopkeeper, Raed, whose store was shaken by the blast. "I saw bodies lying on the ground everywhere outside, including four or five women and a small boy."

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[Arctic Dave]

1. I hate to sound like a Debbie Downer but what were we expecting?

I think we will start to see more and more of these as we pull back.

[ConcernedCanuk]

2. Good thing they hung Saddam and got democracy now, eh?

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I suspect there may be a few Iraqis that wish they had hung Bush and his gang instead . . .

Where IS rummy hiding these days?

Shaking hands with his next victim?

or bending over for lucifer . .