Published time: March 19, 2013 06:58
Car bombs and roadside blasts have killed at least 23 people and wounded nearly 90 in Shi’ite districts across the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Tuesday, according to police and hospital sources.
Security forces have immediately stepped up searches at checkpoints, closing off key roads and worsening the capital’s morning gridlock, a reporter for AFP said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blasts.
The attacks coincide with the 10th anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq, which saw long-time dictator Saddam Hussein ousted.
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