Attacks in Iraq Kill 120
Two suicide bombs claim majority of deaths | storyNYT: BAGHDAD – A new round of violence rocked Iraq today, killing at least 120 people in a wave of attacks that produced the deadliest day since parliamentary elections last month. At least 100 of the deaths resulted from two suicide bombings – at a shrine in the Shiite city of Karbala and a police recruiting station in the Sunni city of Ramadi. story
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According to the city’s deputy mayor, Christian Estrosi, “The truck was full of weapons and grenades.” There are also reports of gunfire.
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