Bombs In and Around Baghdad Kill at Least 17

At least 17 people were killed in and around the Iraqi capital on Monday in four bomb attacks, including a car bomb claimed by Islamic State militants. In a statement, the Sunni insurgent group said it had targeted Shi'ite militiamen in the Ameen district of eastern Baghdad. Twelve people were killed and 42 people were wounded in the explosion, police and medical sources said. The government is trying to dislodge the insurgents from large swaths of the country's north and west,...

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