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Car bomb rocks busy market in southern Iraq
 [Al Arabiya Latest] Nineteen people were killed and 56 others wounded when a car bomb ripped through a busy market in southern Iraq on Wednesday, a local official said. "The final toll is 19 dead and 56 injured," said Mohaned Abdul Redha, the hospital's chief of emergency services. The death toll from the explosion in the town of al-Bathaa, 30 km (20 miles) west of Nassariya, could rise, said Akram al-Tamimi, media manager of the provincial council of Nassariya. Batha's police chief was fired in the aftermath of the attack, and an inquiry has been launched to determine whether police could have prevented the bombing. The number of casualties was the highest in a single attack since May 20, when a powerful car bomb tore through a Baghdad street full of diners, killing 34 people and wounding 72. Batha town mayor Ali Fahad said "children and women" were among the dead. Posted by: Fred 2009-06-11 |
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