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35 Die In Baghdad Car Bombing Targeting Recruits

HeadlineJun 17, 2004

In Baghdad, at least 35 people died earlier today in a massive car bomb attack outside an Iraqi army recruitment center. Over 140 people were injured and the death toll is expected to rise. A car packed with artillery shells drove into a crowd of about 100 people waiting in line to volunteer outside the recruitment center. Five months ago the same site was targeted by a car bomb killing 47 people.

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