Bombs (in Iraq) Kill at Least 50 on 10th Anniversary of Iraq Invasion (160 Wounded)
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Source: Reuters
Bombs kill at least 50 on anniversary of Iraq invasion
By Kareem Raheem
Tue Mar 19, 2013 4:33am EDT
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Car bombs and a suicide blast hit Shi'ite districts of Baghdad and south of Iraq's capital on Tuesday, killing at least 50 people on the 10th anniversary of the invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein.
Sunni Islamist insurgents tied to al Qaeda have stepped up attacks on Shi'ite targets since the start of the year in a campaign to stoke sectarian tension and undermine Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government.
Tuesday's car bombs exploded near a busy Baghdad market, close to the heavily fortified Green Zone and in other districts across the capital. A suicide bomber driving a truck attacked a police base in a Shi'ite town just south of the capital, police and hospital sources said.
"I was driving my taxi and suddenly I felt my car rocked. Smoke was all around. I saw two bodies on the ground. People were running and shouting everywhere," said Al Radi, a taxi driver caught in one of the blasts in Baghdad's Sadr City.
Another 160 people were wounded in the attacks, hospital officials said.
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@CBSNews: Officials: Attacks across Baghdad kill at least 21, on 10th anniversary of U.S. invasion
Officials: Attacks across Baghdad kill at least 21
March 19, 2013
BAGHDAD Iraqi officials say a wave of attacks in different Shiite areas of Baghdad has killed at least 21 people and wounded dozens.
Police officials say the attacks, mostly by car bombings, targeted mainly small restaurants, daily laborers and bus stops in the Iraqi capital within a one-hour period on Tuesday morning.
The officials say about 80 people were wounded in the attacks. Medics in nearby hospitals confirmed the casualty toll. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to talk to the media.
The attacks come as the country prepares to mark a decade since the U.S.-led invasion, which began on March 20, 2003. Violence has ebbed but insurgent attacks are still frequent across Iraq.
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