INQUIRER.net: Blasts kill 21 in Shiite areas of Baghdad

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Blasts kill 21 in Shiite areas of Baghdad Feb 18th 2013, 03:00 BAGHDAD – A series of bombings mainly targeting Shiite areas of Baghdad has killed at least 21 people, officials said, in the latest violence to hit Iraq as it struggles with protests and a political crisis.   Three car bombs struck the sprawling Sadr City slum in the north of the city on Sunday while car bombs exploded in Ameen, Al-Husseiniyah and Kamaliyah in the east, and a roadside bomb blew up in Karrada in central Baghdad, security and medics said.   Another roadside device went off in Saidiyah in the capital's south.   At least 21 people were killed and more than 120 were wounded in the attacks, the officials said. Residents of Sadr City were ... Keep on reading: Blasts kill 21 in Shiite areas of Baghdad Media files: baghdad.jpg (image/jpeg)

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