Bombers kill 127 in Baghdad
For 3rd time, blasts target symbols of Iraqi authority
Posted: December 9, 2009 at 6 a.m.
Fire fighters and rescuers search for survivors at the site of a bomb attack near the new Finance Ministry in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday.
A suicide car bomb flattened a court building, and an explosives rigged ambulance blew down walls like dominoes near the Finance Ministry during a wave of coordinated attacks Tuesday that targeted highprofile symbols of Iraqi authority. At least 127 people were killed.
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