Baghdad bombings kill 21

Source: LA Times

BAGHDAD — A string of deadly bombings in Baghdad killed 21 people and wounded at least 64 others today, as the U.S. military reported its first combat death in Iraq in about three weeks. The deadliest attack occurred in the Shiite slum of Sadr City when a parked car bomb exploded in a market, killing 10 people, including three women and four children, and wounding at least 28 others, said Iraqi police and medical officials.

A total of four bomb attacks struck the city over a two-hour period, primarily in Shiite neighborhoods where people were either shopping or looking for work.

The first attack occurred at 7:30 a.m. when a car bomb exploded in the center of the capital, killing at least six people and wounding 16, said an Iraqi police official, who described them as mostly day laborers looking for work.

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The military also announced today that a U.S. soldier was killed in action the day before in Diyala province where insurgents remain active. It was the first combat death suffered by U.S. forces in Iraq since March 16, when a soldier was killed by a roadside bomb in Baghdad.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fgw-iraq-bombings7-2009apr07,0,4830342.story

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