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Two car bombs exploded July 9 near a Shiite mosque in the Qasra neighborhood of Baghdad
Jul. 9, 2006

 

Two car bombs exploded July 9 near a Shiite mosque in the Qasra neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq's predominantly Sunni Al-Adhamiyah district, killing at least 15 people and wounding some 35, Iraqi police said. The bombings occurred hours after more than 50 Sunnis were massacred by masked gunmen in another majority Sunni neighborhood in the capital.


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