What's going on: Car bombs kill more than 2 dozen in Baghdad

Also: Gunman targets stepdaughter's family in restaurant attack; Kevin Costner signs cleanup contract with BP.

Hadi Mizban / The Associated PressA man stands today at the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq. Twin car bombs exploded near a major square in Baghdad, killing 27 people and wounding dozens in the latest attack targeting a high-profile area in the capital.

From The Associated Press:

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Two suicide car bombers struck a crowded area outside a state-run bank Sunday in Baghdad, killing nearly 30 people in the latest attack targeting a high-profile part of the capital.

The blast, which tore the glass facade off the three-story Trade Bank of Iraq building, leaving chairs and desks exposed, occurred shortly after 11 a.m. as the area was packed with people at the start of the local work week.

» Twin car bombs kill 27 near bank in Baghdad [The Associated Press]

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