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Baghdad blasts targeting Shi'ites kill 12

Seven car bombs and two roadside bombs, which hit six different areas of Baghdad, have killed 12 people and wounded more than 60.

Nine bombings targeting mainly Shi'ite-majority areas of Baghdad have killed at least 12 people, officials say.

The seven car bombs and two roadside bombs, which hit six different areas of Baghdad on Wednesday, also wounded more than 60 people.

The deadliest single attack was a car bomb in the Karrada district in central Baghdad that killed at least three people and wounded at least 10.

Baghdad, one of the most frequently-targeted cities in the country, is hit by near-daily bombings and shootings.

Sunni jihadists often target members of Iraq's Shi'ite majority, whom they consider apostates.

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Iraq has been hit by a year-long surge in bloodshed that has reached levels not seen since 2008, driven by widespread discontent among the country's Sunni Arab minority, and by the bloody civil war in neighbouring Syria.

Violence in Iraq has killed more than 1790 people since January 1, according to AFP figures based on security and medical sources.


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