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Over 60 killed as Iraq violence escalates
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Jul 23, 2006 07:28pm |
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| Media | Website - Yahoo News |
| News Date | Monday, July 24, 2006 01:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | BAGHDAD, Iraq - Bombs killed more than 60 people and wounded more than 200 Sunday in Baghdad and the northern oil center of Kirkuk — a dramatic escalation of violence as U.S. and Iraqi forces crack down on Iraq's most feared Shiite militia.
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki left Sunday for talks in Washington this week with President Bush to discuss sectarian violence, which has risen sharply since Iraq's national unity government took office two months ago.
A suicide driver detonated a minivan at the entrance to a bustling market in Sadr City, the capital's biggest Shiite district and stronghold of radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and his Mahdi Army militia.
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