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Gallery: Baghdad blasts
Two car bombs exploded in central Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, less than a minute apart on Sunday [AFP]
Published On 26 Oct 2009
26 Oct 2009
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At least 132 people were killed and more than 550 others wounded in the bombings [AFP]
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Firefighters pulled charred and mangled bodies off the streets, while burnt-out cars were piled at the site [AFP]
The blasts went off near the ministry of justice and the headquarters of the Baghdad provincial administration [AFP]
The bombings marked the bloodiest attack in the Iraqi capital in months [AFP]
Nuri al-Maliki, the prime minister, visited the site of the blasts and accused al-Qaeda and former Baath members for the carnage [AFP]