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At least 59 people have been killed after a truck bomb
exploded in north-eastern Baghdad, Iraqi officials say. The
blast tore through the crowded Jameela market in the
predominantly Shia district of Sadr City. The Sunni jihadist
group, Islamic State (IS), said it was behind the bombing
and that it targeted Shia militiamen.
Meanwhile, medics say more than 20 civilians died when
bombs dropped by the Iraqi air force hit a maternity and
children’s hospital in Falluja. The city lies west of Baghdad
and has been controlled by IS since January 2014.
The violence comes after a top American general said the
US should consider embedding American troops with Iraqi
forces if progress was not made in the fight against IS.
Raymond Odierno, the army’s outgoing chief of staff, told
reporters that such forces would have a support rather than
a combat role. Thursday’s bomb attack in Sadr City was
one of the deadliest in the capital since Prime Minister
Haider al-Abadi took office a year ago.
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