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http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/04/18/iraq-violence.html
At least 160 people were killed and dozens were wounded Wednesday in four bomb attacks in Baghdad, one of the deadliest waves of violence since the start of a joint U.S.-Iraqi security campaign in the capital two months ago.
In the deadliest of the attacks, a parked car bomb detonated in a crowd of workers at the Sadriyah market in a mostly Shia area of central Baghdad, killing at least 112 people and injuring 115, said Raad Muhsin, an official at Al-Kindi Hospital where the victims were taken.
A police official confirmed the toll, speaking to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information.
The bomb went off at about 4 p.m. local time, the time construction workers rebuilding shops in the market typically finish work each day. Many shops were destroyed in a previous bombing in February that killed 137 people.