Baghdad attacks kill at least 48 people
Attacks including suicide bombings killed at least 48 people in Baghdad on Tuesday, the second time in a week the Iraqi capital has been hit by a deadly spate of bombings. The attacks bring the toll for violence in and near Baghdad to more than 150 people killed in just seven days. The unrest highlights the continued existence of significant flaws in Baghdad security procedures that have gone largely unaddressed even as US-led forces train Iraqi forces for the fight against the Islamic State (IS
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