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Saturday, 25 September 2010

Al-Qaida in Iraq claims Baghdad bombings

FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010, file photo, Iraqis inspect a crater... FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010 file photo, an Iraqi soldier secures... A follower of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr peeks from behind the... BAGHDAD (AP) - Al-Qaida's front group in Iraq claimed responsibility Friday for two Baghdad bombings last week that killed at least 31 people at a government security agency and what it called an "evil" mobile phone provider. The Islamic State of Iraq said in a...

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