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Car bombs kill 31 in Iraq after Cabinet formation
 Insurgents in Iraq unleashed a series of deadly attacks Friday, including 10 car bombings in and around the capital, the day after the country's first democratically elected government was approved. At least 31 Iraqis were killed and more than 100 wounded, ramming home to the new government in Baghdad that insurgents are as strong as ever. Al-Qaeda's leader in Iraq appeared to make the same point in an audio tape, purportedly made by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi last month, in which the Jordanian vowed more suicide attacks.The onslaught of bombings included nine in Baghdad and the nearby town of Madaen, one in Baquba, a town just north of the capital, and another in the northern Kurdish city of Arbil. A 12th blast struck near a U.S. military camp north of Baghdad, killing a soldier and wounding two, according to the U.S. Army. In total, at least 31 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded, according to Iraqi police and health officials. Posted by: Fred 2005-04-30 |
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