Car-Bomb Blast In Baghdad

10 February 2005 -- A car bomb exploded in central Baghdad this morning, causing casualties.
Police say at least two people were killed.

The blast occurred in Tahrir Square, a major intersection lined with shops and market stalls.

On 8 February, a suicide blast in Baghdad killed at least 21 people outside a recruiting center for Iraq's security forces.

(Reuters/AP)

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