A pair of bombings killed at least 15 people in and near Iraq's capital on Monday, police said, including a suicide blast in a mainly Shi'ite section of Baghdad.
Bombings Kill at Least 15 in Baghdad
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A woman and her children walk past the site of a suicide bombing in the Shi'ite neighborhood of Kadhimiya in Baghdad, Feb. 9, 2015.
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The attack in Baghdad killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens just days after the government lifted a nighttime curfew that had been in place in the Iraqi capital for over a decade, Baghdad, Feb. 9, 2015.
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Broken glass remains at the scene of a suicide bomb attack at Adan Square, in a predominantly Shi'ite part of Baghdad, Feb. 9, 2015.
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Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq told The Associated Press on the sidelines of a conference that the U.S.-led coalition helping Iraq push back Islamic State group militants is not doing enough to match the scale of the threat, and he called for increased firepower to defeat the extremists, Dubai, U.A.E., Feb. 9, 2015.