Thursday, September 29, 2005

Triple Iraq bombs 'kill dozens'

At least 62 people have been killed in three co-ordinated car bombs in a city near Baghdad, Iraqi police say.
The near-simultaneous blasts in Balad, 50 miles (80km) north of the capital, injured at least another 68.

The suicide bombs went off in a busy vegetable market, by a bank and by a police station in the mainly Shia city, Iraqi police said.

The attack came as the commander of US forces in Iraq said the next 75 days were crucial to Iraq's future.

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