U.S., Iraqi forces launch new sweeps in Iraqi capital as Blasts in Shiite area of Baghdad kill 57
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Aug. 13, 2006

A string of bombings in a Shiite Muslim district of Baghdad killed 57 people and wounded 148 on Sunday, police said.

The violence came as Iraqi and U.S. troops launched an extensive sweep of two Baghdad neighborhoods Sunday in an attempt to stop a wave of sectarian killings that has left thousands dead in the Iraqi capital, U.S. commanders said.

Also Sunday, six Iraqis were reportedly kidnapped from a central Baghdad hospital by militants.

Most of the casualties in the series of five explosions that rocked the Shiite Zafaraniya district in southeastern Baghdad over the course of an hour were civilians, including women and children, a Baghdad emergency police official said. The targets included shops, restaurants and a police patrol.

U.S., Iraqi forces launch new sweeps in Iraqi capital as Blasts in Shiite area of Baghdad kill 57
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