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MOSCOW, August 19 (RIA Novosti) - The Iraqi...

Earlier reports said there were 75 dead and 310 injured, and the ministry indicated that the numbers of dead and injured may grow.

The attacks began at 10:00 a.m. with six explosions in the space of 10 minutes near the Green Zone.

A vehicle exploded outside the Foreign Ministry, not far from the heavily-fortified Green Zone. Another device exploded close to the Finance Ministry on a road leading into the city and close to a busy market.

Two mortars also landed in the Green Zone.

The assault on the city came a day before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan was due to begin and six years to the day since a truck bomb hit the UN offices at the Canal Hotel in Baghdad, claiming the life of UN special envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello.




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