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巴格达发生连环爆炸案 66人丧生 At least 66 people have been killed in a series of car bombs targeting mainly Shia areas in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, police say. 伊拉克首都巴格达发生一系列针对什叶派地区的汽车炸弹爆炸案，至少66人丧生。 ? Many more were wounded as at least a dozen explosions hit busy shopping areas and markets in the city. ? There has been a recent marked rise in attacks in Iraq linked to growing political and sectarian tension. ? It has raised fears of a return to the levels of sectarian（宗派的） violence seen in 2006 and 2007, in which thousands died. ? Busy areas ? On Monday, one bombing struck the busy commercial area of Sadoun Street in central Baghdad.? ? One bystander who saw that attack, Zein al-Abidin, said a four-year-old child was among the victims.? ? What crime have those innocent people committed? he asked. ? Twin blasts in Habibiya, on the edge of the sprawling Shia area of Sadr City, killed 12 people. They went off close to used car dealerships, wrecking dozens of cars. ? Guards are here, and a car explodes here, shouted Fadhel Hanoun, according to AFP news agency. ? A used car dealer, he said that not only had people died, but many had lost their savings, locked up in cars they had hoped to sell. ? How can we understand this? he said. This is a failed state.? ? Other neighbourhoods targeted included al-Maalif, where six people died, according to the Associated Press news agency. ? Deadly blasts were also reported in the eastern New Baghdad area, Sabi al-Boor, Shaab, Hurriya, Bayaa, Sadria, Jisr Diyala, Baladiyat and Madain, about 20km (12 miles) south of the city centre.