A bomb tore through a pet market in central Baghdad on Friday, killing 13 people and wounding 58 others, Iraq's Interior Ministry said. Four police officers and 10 children were among the wounded.The bomb had been stashed in a box and went off in the busy Al-Ghazl market, which was packed -- as usual on Fridays.
On Thursday, Al Qaeda in Iraq insurgents disguised as members of a Sunni alliance council attacked the council's headquarters outside Baghdad on Thursday, leaving at least 18 people dead, police said.
Another gunbattle involving al Qaeda in Iraq militants, in a Shiite village near Baquba, left 11 people dead, eight of them insurgents, police said.
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