Powerful explosion kills more than 70 in Baghdad

A powerful explosion hit Baghdad six days before U.S. troops are due to withdraw from Iraq’s urban areas. At least 72 people were killed and more than 100 injured in the blast that ripped through a market in the capital’s mostly Shiite district on Wednesday

A powerful explosion hit Baghdad six days before U.S. troops are due to withdraw from Iraq’s urban areas. At least 72 people were killed and more than 100 injured in the blast that ripped through a market in the capital’s mostly Shiite district on Wednesday