Baghdad market bombing kills 11

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Baghdad market bombing kills 11

BAGHDAD (AFP) - A car bomb exploded in a busy market in central Baghdad on Friday, killing at least 11 people and wounding 66, medics in the capital's two hospitals said.

The attack occurred at around 1:00 pm (1000 GMT) in the Iraqi capital's Bab al-Sharji market which is popular for trading food and clothes, security officials said.

Medics in Baghdad's Al-Kindi and Ibn Nafis hospitals confirmed the toll.

An AFP journalist said security forces sealed off the area, which is also close to the interior ministry and houses one of Baghdad's main bus stations.

The Bab al-Sharji market has been a regular target of insurgents, and on Friday it was packed with shoppers on their way home after weekly prayers.

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1. "Don't worry, I am perfectly safe and enjoying another vacation" - Commander AWOL

"That's right. No need to trouble your pretty little prole* heads, for I, your beloved Commander, am still kicking back having a blast at the Imperial Pig Farm Upon Crawford. Smirk.

"Oh yeah, almost forgot me republicon homelander propaganda talking point: 'um, too bad about all the dead people and stuff over there in Eye-rack."

- Commander AWOL


*Proles = people formerly known as citizens of the United States of America