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Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 6:45 p.m.

Attackers kill 99, wound 300 in Iraq’s bloodiest day this year

By REBECCA SANTANA AND LARA JAKES THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A man with explosives strapped to his belt blew himself up in a crowd, bombers struck a southern city, and gunmen sprayed fire on security checkpoints in attacks Monday that claimed nearly 100 lives — most of them in Shiite areas — in Iraq’s deadliest day this year. More than 300 were injured.

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Photographs by Alaa al-Marjani / AP

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  • Headline: Attackers kill 99, wound 300 in Iraq’s bloodiest day this year
  • Publication: Front Section, Pages 1 on 05/11/2010
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