Bombings Kill Over Two Dozen in Baghdad

A series of bombings have rocked Baghdad, killing at least 26 people in one of the worst spates of violence in the capital since Islamist insurgents captured the city of Mosul, last month. The single deadliest incident on Saturday took place near a police checkpoint in the mainly Shi'ite Muslim Abu Dsheer district in southern Baghdad. Investigators say a suicide car bombing at the checkpoint killed at least seven people. Later, at least three bombings occurred within an hour...

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