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Bombs kill at least 50 on anniversary of Iraq invasion

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Residents gather at the site of a car bomb attack in the AL-Mashtal district in BaghdadBy Kareem Raheem BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Car bombs and a suicide blast hit Shi'ite districts of Baghdad and south of Iraq's capital on Tuesday, killing at least 50 people on the 10th anniversary of the invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein. Sunni Islamist insurgents tied to al Qaeda have stepped up attacks on Shi'ite targets since the start of the year in a campaign to stoke sectarian tension and undermine Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government. Tuesday's car bombs exploded near a busy Baghdad market, close to the heavily fortified Green Zone and in other districts across the capital. ...



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