Iraq bombings mark tenth anniversary


Issue 943 - 21 Mar 2013 | 1 minute read

More than 60 people were killed in a series of bombings in Iraq on 19 March, the eve of the tenth anniversary of the US-led invasion. Car bombs, suicide bombs and roadside bombs ripped through Baghdad, targeting mainly Shiite areas; newswires reported attacks on a marketplace, government security forces, small restaurants, labourers and bus stops in the space of just a couple of hours.

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