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Car Bomb Kills At Least 20 In Baghdad Shi'ite Neighborhood
February 21, 2006
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said the Iraqi election result is a mandate for a broad and unified government (file photo) (AFP)
The blast took place in the neighborhood of Dora. It was one of several bombings across Iraq that killed a total of at least 27 people today. The suspected Dora bomber has been arrested.
Dora is among the most dangerous neighborhoods in Baghdad, where car bombings and roadside bombs have been a daily occurrence since a Sunni-dominated insurgency began in the summer of 2003.
Earlier today, Britain's foreign secretary told Iraqi leaders they must form a government free of domination by a single group.
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said the results of the 15 December parliamentary election showed the Iraqi people want a broad government of national unity to bring together all the different elements of Iraqi society.
(compiled from agency reports)