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BAGHDAD (AP) - More than a dozen highly coordinated bombings ripped through Baghdad on Sept. 14, killing at least 160 people and wounding 570.

Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attacks in the name of Sunni insurgents, saying it was a retaliation for the rout of militants at a base near the Syrian border.

The violence terrorized Baghdad for more than nine hours.

The first attack, at 6:30 a.m., was the deadliest: a suicide car blast that tore through a predominantly Shiite Muslim neighborhood.

The bomber set off the explosive after luring day laborers to his van with promises of employment. At least 112 people were killed and more than 200 were wounded.

Al-Qaeda's leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, declared "all-out war" on Shiites, Iraqi troops and the government in an audiotape posted Sept. 13 on an Internet site.

The tape was a clear attempt to create a climate of fear and sow deeper sectarian discord before the Oct. 15 referendum on a new constitution.

バグダッドで150人超死亡

バグダッドで14日、10件以上のテロが起き、少なくとも160人が死亡し、570人が負傷した。

Shukan ST: Sept. 23, 2005

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