Police inspected the site of a bombing at a bus station in Baghdad on Thursday.Loay Hameed/Associated Press
Wave of Bombings Continues in Iraq -- New York Times
BAGHDAD — At least nine people were killed and 25 injured Friday when a suicide bomber on a motorcycle detonated explosives in a Baghdad market area, the Interior Ministry said. The bombing was the eighth in two days as American troops prepare to withdraw from Iraqi cities by Tuesday.
The insurgents appear to be testing the Iraqi security forces’ ability to handle the situation without American backup.
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