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At least 72 dead in Baghdad market bombings
Iraqi soldiers secure the site of the suicide attack in Baghdad's al-Ghazl market. Photograph: Ali Yussef/AFP/Getty Images

At least 72 have been killed in separate bomb attacks on popular pet markets in Baghdad, the deadliest bombings in Iraq since the US troops surge in the spring.

A female suicide bomber killed up to 45 people and wounded 78 at the central al-Ghazl pet market at about 10.20am.

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A second bomb exploded 20 minutes later at a bird market in the southern part of the capital, killing at least 27 people and wounding 67, Reuters news agency said.

Police blamed either a second female suicide bomber or a roadside explosive device.

See complete story at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2250669,00.html

Posted February 2nd, 2008

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