Islamic State Bombs Baghdad Market

Iraqi officials said a powerful truck bomb tore through a Shi'ite neighborhood in Baghdad Thursday, killing at least 62 people in one of the capital's largest bomb attacks in months. Dozens more were wounded when a refrigerated truck packed with explosives was detonated just after dawn at the crowded Jameela market in Sadr City, according to the officials. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack. The explosion left a scene of devastation, with body...

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