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IRAQ: Eight Iraqi civilians are killed and 38 others wounded in car bomb attack in Baghdad's northern Qahira district

A car bomb killed eight Iraqi civilians and wounded 38 others in northern Baghdad's Qahira district on Wednesday (September 6, 2006), police said. The car bomb was detonated by remote control on the side of a busy road during morning rush hour. A second bomb detonated as police cordoned off the scene of the attack but it did not cause further casualties. "A car bomb was left here... a bomb was hidden under a fuel jerry can there, a jerry can of a man selling fuel," said eyewitness Mahdi. Sunni insurgents fighting a Shi'ite-led Iraqi government often attack crowded streets in a bid to maximise casualties and undermine the state's authority.

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