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47 killed in Baghdad car blast

Baghdad, February 11
A suicide car-bomb attack at an Iraqi army recruitment centre in Baghdad killed 47 persons today, taking the 24-hour death toll in attacks against Iraqis working with the US occupation to 100.

“It was a suicide attack by a single male,” US Colonel Ralph Baker told Reuters at the scene.

“It was aimed strictly at Iraqis,’’ he said, adding that the car contained 300-500 pounds of plastic explosives mixed with artillery shells to maximise the “kill effect”. — Reuters