Five car bombs in Baghdad killed at least 14 people on Thursday and more than 80 people were injured, Iraqi police sources said an attack near the capital of the "Green Zone" diplomatic complicated.
The source said that a bomb exploded in Baghdad international zone is only 200-300 meters (yards) away, close to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iraq, killing four killed and 12 people were injured.
Central Plains Economic Zone is a highly fortified area houses the Western embassies, including the U.S. mission and the nearby Iraqi Ministry of Health has been frequent targets of attack.
Iraq is experiencing some of its worst violence since U.S. troops left 18 months ago, Sunni Islamist militants, including the "base" organization rebellion against the Shiite-led government.
Multi-car bomb explosion killed dozens of people each week, the government has launched a security crackdown try to round up suspected militants.
Police said last Thursday, bombers targeted the central, eastern, northern and southern regions of Baghdad, including the Shiite regions. An attack in al-Shurta of al-Rabaa area that is a tractor trailer carrying gas cylinders bomb killed and 18 wounded.
 



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