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© GRAPHIC NEWS

Graphic shows areas of control in Iraq and location of deadliest IS attacks.
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IRAQ

Deadliest IS attacks in 2016

By Jordi Bou

July 4, 2016 - The death toll in Sunday's suicide bomb attack in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, has risen to 165, interior ministry officials have said. The government has declared three days of mourning after the huge blast in the Karrada district, believed to be the deadliest bomb attack in Iraq this year. The so-called Islamic State (IS) has said it carried out the attack.

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PUBLISHED: 04/07/2016; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Institute for the Study of War, Wire agencies
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