Suicide Blasts Rock Baghdad

Suicide Blasts Rock Baghdad Three major government facilities are destroyed in a pair of blasts in the Iraqi capital
Reuters

Massive Blast
Smoke rises near the Iraqi Ministry of Justice, shortly after a blast, in Baghdad October 25, 2009. The same attack also wrought havoc on Ministry of Municipalities and Public Works and a second bombing a short time later would destroy the Baghdad Provincial Council.

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