Wave of car bombings target Iraqi Shiites, killing 55
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Seventeen car bombs exploded in Iraq on Monday, killing at least 55 people in predominantly Shiite areas in some of the deadliest violence since Sunni insurgents including al Qaeda stepped up attacks this year.
Police and medical sources said the attacks, which appeared to be coordinated, were concentrated on towns and cities in Iraq's predominantly Shiite south, and districts of the capital where Shiites reside. (Reuters)
