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At least 45 people have been killed and 300 injured in a series of attacks near the government and diplomatic "Green Zone" in the centre of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, the police said.
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Central Baghdad blasts kill dozens
Witnesses said that the first suspected bomb blast on Wednesday went off near the foreign ministry and minutes later the second took place near the finance ministry.
Police sources told Al Jazeera that the blasts were caused by lorries loaded with explosives which had been parked close to the buildings.
Television footage showed that the force of the explosions had blown out some of the windows of Iraq's parliamentary building.
Two mortars also landed inside the heavily-protected area, while a third landed outside.
Security questioned
The area, the site of government ministries and foreign embassies, has frequently been targeted with rocket and mortar fire.
"These areas are supposed very secure ... it is not only checkpoints, you are always placing intelligence around this area to make it more secure," Ahmed Rushdi, a journalist in Baghdad, told Al Jazeera.
"How are you going to say to people that Baghdad is now secure if you have so many explosions in this area, that is supposed to be the most secure."
Mortars also reportedly landed in the Salhiya district of central Baghdad, home to army bases and the offices of a national television station.
Despite a reduction in violence in recent months, attacks on security forces and civilians remain common in Baghdad and the northern cities of Mosul and Kirkuk.
The number of violent deaths fell by a third last month to 275 from 437 in June, following the pullout of US combat forces from urban areas at the end of the month
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Map locating Green Zone in Baghdad
Al-Jazeera
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