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A car bomb and a roadside blast in the central Iraqi city of Kut, have killed dozens of people and wounded many more, a doctor said, according to security sources.
At least 34 people were killed and 65 people wounded in the attack, a security source told Al Jazeera.
The AFP news agency said women and children were among the casualties, quoting a doctor at a local hospital.
Nine people were also killed and 19 others injured in a double car bombing in the southern city of Najaf, according to a police source.
A security official earlier said the explosions in Kut occurred at 0500 GMT in a crowded area in the centre of the city, 160 kilometers south of Baghdad.
Lieutenant Colonel Dhurgam Mohammed Hassan, police spokesman, says the first bomb went off in a freezer used to keep drinks cold, according to the Associated Press news agency.
The attacks come less than two weeks after Iraqi leaders said they would hold talks with the US over a security training mission to last beyond 2011, when all 47,000 American soldiers must withdraw under the terms of a bilateral security pact.
Violence in Iraq has declined from its peak in 2006 and 2007, but attacks remain common.
A total of 259 Iraqis were killed in attacks in July, the second-highest figure for 2011.
PHOTO CAPTION
An Iraqi man inspects a destroyed liquor store after a bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July 28, 2011.
Al-Jazeera
