Car Bomb Kills at Least 47 in Baghdad

NPR | By Peter Kenyon

Published September 14, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

At least 47 people are killed and scores more injured when a car bomb explodes in a crowded Baghdad marketplace. Elsewhere, 11 Iraqi policemen and their driver are killed in a drive-by shooting, and saboteurs blow up an oil pipeline. Hear NPR's Peter Kenyon.

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