Special report:Tension escalates in Iraq
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Residents gather at the scene of a car
bomb attack in Baghdad's Sadr City, April 18, 2007. At least 144 people
were killed and more than 230 others injured when a series of bombs rocked
Baghdad Wednesday. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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BEIJING,
April 20 -- In Iraq, Four large bombs have exploded in mostly Shiite areas
across Baghdad, killing at least 183 people. Wednesday was the bloodiest day
since the US troop increase began nine weeks ago. At least 233 people died
nationwide.
The most devastating blast was a car bomb at the
Sadriyah market in central Baghdad. Among the 127 dead were several construction
workers, who had been rebuilding the mostly Shiite marketplace, the site of a
bombing in February. The market is situated on a side street lined with shops
and vendors selling produce, meat and other staples.
Many of the most devastating bomb attacks in the
country have come in the past several months, an indication insurgents have
developed more sophisticated or powerful explosives.
(Source: CCTV.com)
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