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Attacks kill at least 38 in Baghdad

By WTOP Staff

BAGHDAD (AP) — At least 38 people are dead in a wave of attacks today targeting Shiite areas in the Iraqi capital.

A police officer says the deadliest attack took place when two parked car bombs exploded in a commercial area, killing 14 civilians.

The heavily-guarded capital has been under nearly daily attacks by Sunni militants who have overrun vast areas of western and northern Iraq as well as parts of neighboring Syria. The Islamic State group and other Sunni militant groups have vowed to destabilize and eventually take over Baghdad.

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