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Al-Qaeda Claims Baghdad Bombing
Blast at Iraqi ministries left 155 dead
(AP)
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Al-Qaeda's umbrella group in Iraq claimed responsibility for this weekend's twin suicide bombings in the heart of Baghdad that killed at least 155 people, including 24 children trapped in a bus leaving a day care center. The group, known as the Islamic State of Iraq, said in a statement posted on the Internet last night that its "martyrs targeted the dens of infidelity." The same group also claimed responsibility for the August bombings of two government ministries in Baghdad that killed more than 100.
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