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Dozens Killed in New Wave of Iraq Bombings

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 10, 2009 3:13 AM CDT

(Newser) – A series of bomb attacks in Baghdad and Mosul killed at least 41 people today and raised fears of a new upsurge in sectarian violence, the BBC reports. In Mosul, where an attack on a Shia mosque killed 40 people Friday, a double truck bomb... Read full story »

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