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    Bomb Blasts Kill Dozens In and Around Baghdad

    In two of Iraq's provincial cities today, deadly bombings broke weeks of relative calm. Baqubah is central to al Qaeda's hopes for an Islamic caliphate. Ramadi is the capital of al Anbar, where Sunni leaders have been working with US forces. Tina Susman is Bureau Chief for the Los Angeles Times in Baghdad, where there was also a bombing.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    In two of Iraq's provincial cities today, deadly bombings broke weeks of relative calm. Baqubah is central to al Qaeda's hopes for an Islamic caliphate. Ramadi is the capital of al Anbar, where Sunni leaders have been working with US forces. Tina Susman is Bureau Chief for the Los Angeles Times in Baghdad, where there was also a bombing.

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      Warren Olney

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      Sonya Geis

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      Frances Anderton

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      Tina Susman

      Los Angeles Times

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Free Trade and the Presidential Campaign
    1. 1:38Bomb Blasts Kill Dozens In and Around BaghdadYou’re reading this
    2. 7:26Free Trade and the Presidential Campaign
    3. 42:57Where the Presidential Candidates Stand on Taxes
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