Blasts in central Baghdad leave 23 dead, 68 wounded

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

At least ‮‮23‬‬ people were killed and 68 others wounded when three bombs went off in mainly Shi'ite neighborhoods in central Baghdad on Thursday, security and medical sources said.

Two suicide blasts claimed by Islamic State killed at least 19 people in the commercial district of Bab al-Shargi, a demonstration that the Sunni insurgent group can still launch attacks in the heart of the capital despite government efforts to thwart them.

A third explosion in the nearby Bab al-Muadham district killed four people, the sources said. A hospital source said the bombs had wounded a total of 68 people.

Baghdad is trying to dislodge Islamic State from large swathes of the country's north and west, but advances have been slow, particularly in the western province of Anbar, where Baghdad has been focusing its attention for months.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/17/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-violence-idUSKCN0RH0QX20150917

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World | Thu Sep 17, 2015 7:53am EDT
BAGHDAD

[hibbing]

1. w

I will be reading about the awesome legacy the idiot son has left behind for the rest of my life. Those poor people living in a country that the policies of the ruling class in this country has decimated.

Peace

[Lychee2]

2. Yes, it seems like this tragedy is never going to end.

The US has created a problem that seems to have no solution.

[oneshooter]

3. Just another wonderful day in the sandbox.

[Plucketeer]

4. W's fateful pinball shot that just keeps on scoring

that one ball just keeps bouncing around the middle east - running up the tally - 100 - 1000 - 10,000 with each incredible rebound. Will ol' Dub's legacy EVER have it's final chapter penned???

<-W & Cheney-> setting the stage for Trump or Cruz or Huckadolt!

[mike dub]

5. 'heck of a job, Bu$hie'

n/t