There were a dozen blasts in total, the deadliest of which occurred in the Bayaa neighborhood, where a car bomb
killed 23 people, many of them young
people playing billiards. ** group immediately claimed responsibility for any of the attacks, but the Shi'ite community is a target for Sunni Islamist insurgents who have been regaining ground and momentum in Iraq over the past year. Last year was Iraq's bloodiest since violence began to ease from its climax in 2006-07.
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