Car bombs kill 9 in Iraq, many wounded

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Car bombs kill 9 in Iraq, many wounded

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Police say a series of bombs around Iraq's capital have killed nine people and wounded more than 40.

28 June,2012 01:01 pm

The deadliest strike came at dawn Thursday in the Sunni city of Taji, just north of Baghdad. Officials say two cars blew up outside a government office, damaging nearby homes and killing five people and wounding 18.A few hours later, a police patrol hit a roadside bomb in a Shiite neighborhood in southern Baghdad. Police and hospital officials said one person was killed and six wounded.And at mid-morning, a car bomb exploded outside a market in a Shiite area in western Baghdad. Authorities said three people were killed and 17 injured.All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information.