Baghdad market blasts kill 11

Back-to-back bomb blasts in a crowded Baghdad market near a Shiite shrine have killed at least 11 people, officials say.

Back-to-back bomb blasts in a crowded Baghdad market near a Shiite shrine have killed at least 11 people, officials say.

The bombings, which happened within about a minute of each other, appeared aimed at intimidating Iraq’s Shiites, who are a frequent target of Sunni insurgents.

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