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Baghdad Car Bomb Kills 51 People, Injures 75 Others, AFP Says
2008-06-17 13:56 (New York)


By Chris Dolmetsch
    June 17 (Bloomberg) -- A car bomb exploded at a bus stop in
Baghdad today, killing at least 51 people and injuring 75 others,
Agence France-Presse reported, citing unidentified security
officials.
    The bomb detonated in Al-Hurriyah, a mostly Shiite
neighborhood in northern Baghdad, at about 5:30 p.m. local time,
sending victims to hospitals throughout the city, AFP said.
Initial reports said that at least 10 people were killed.
    The attack took place after a bomb hidden on a motorcycle
exploded at a checkpoint in north Baghdad, killing four fighters
of a group battling al-Qaeda militants, AFP said. Al-Qaeda has
targeted such groups, whose members were once its allies, after
they turned against the radical Islamist group in 2006 and sided
with the U.S. military, the wire service reported.

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