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July 2016 Baghdad bombings

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IRAQ:CAR BOMBS IN BAGHDAD KILL 9 WOUND DOZENS

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The unnamed victims of terror

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Suicide car bomb kills scores in Baghdad

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Baghdad suicide bomb kills at least 10

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Several dozen killed and wounded in twin Baghdad bombings

On 3 July 2016, ISIS militants carried out coordinated bomb attacks in Baghdad that killed nearly 400 civilians and injured hundreds more. A few minutes after midnight local time, a suicide truck-bomb targeted the mainly Shia district of Karrada, busy with late night shoppers for Ramadan. A second roadside bomb was detonated in the suburb of Sha'ab, killing at least five.
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