AP: Bomb Attacks on Baghdad Markets Kill 16

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Bomb Attacks on Baghdad Markets Kill 16
Bomb attacks on markets in predominantly Shiite neighborhoods
of Baghdad kill at least 16

BAGHDAD, Iraq, Nov. 9, 2006
By QAIS AL-BASHIR Associated Press Writer

(AP) Bomb attacks on markets in predominantly Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad
killed at last 16 people, among 38 Iraqis killed or found dead across the country
on Thursday in the latest outbreak of sectarian violence.

Seven of those were killed when a car bomb detonated outside shops in northern
Baghdad's Qahira district as noontime shoppers were gathering, said police Lt. Ali
Muhsin. He said 27 others were injured and seven cars destroyed.

Around the same time, a suicide boomer plowed his explosives-rigged vehicle into
crowds gathered in Mission commercial complex for spare parts in Baghdad's downtown
Karradah district, police Col. Abbas Mohammed Salman said. At least nine were killed
and 27 wounded in that attack, he said.

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A director of Baghdad's main morgue, Dr. Abdul-Razaq al-Obaidi, said up to 60 bodies
were arriving each day. Many go unclaimed and are buried in a public cemetery after
photgraphs are taken for later identification.

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Full article: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/11/09/ap/world/mainD8L9I9VO0.shtml

Also: FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Nov 9 - Reuters

The Reuters report notes almost 50 killed.

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