Death Toll in Baghdad Wave of Violence Jumps to 57

By: AP Email

Posted: Thu 6:24 AM, Dec 22, 2011

BAGHDAD, IRAQ 12/22/2011 -- Ziad Tariq says nearly 200 people were also wounded in the attacks that struck Baghdad on Thursday morning.

The violence is the worst to hit Baghdad in months. It targeted neighborhoods around the city in an apparently coordinated campaign of violence designed to wreak havoc.

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