Bombings in Baghdad kill 56 on eve of Iraq war anniversary

March 20, 2013 00:42

Hisham Shouar was 200 metres from his shop when the car bomb detonated, killing six people and injuring three others a short distance from the fortified Green Zone.

The blast tore through his shop, where he sells toys and groceries, as well as a currency exchange and a pharmacy, setting fire to the cars parked around it.

The bomb was one of 12 devices to detonate in Baghdad (video) in a deadly wave of explosions by Sunni extremists aimed at Shia areas that left 56 dead and 200 injured. The attacks took place 10 years to the day after President George W Bush announced the start of the US-led invasion of Iraq to depose Saddam Hussein.

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