Iraqis go about their lives at mercy of nameless bombers


  • World
  • Thursday, 16 Jan 2014

Policemen look at the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, January 15, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The day after one of Iraq's bloodiest days for months, shoppers and drivers packed the streets of Baghdad on Thursday, grimly aware that death can strike anywhere, any time.

At least eight bombs hit the capital, mostly in Shi'ite districts, on Wednesday, killing 40 people and wounding 88, while attacks elsewhere pushed the national death toll to 78.

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