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Car Bombs Kill 16 In Iraqi Capital

Adam Schreck, Yahya Barzanji
In this image from TV showing the moment that a bomb detonates on a street in Kirkuk, Iraq, on Wednesday Feb. 9, 2011, as security forces and emergency vehicles pass along the main road on their way to attend the scene of another explosion. The bomb exploded while news cameraman Imad Mitti filmed street scenes and the blast knocked him off his feet, but he was unhurt in the explosion. Car bombs ripped through the oil-rich Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Wednesday, killing at least six and wounding some 35 others in the heart of a region of long-simmering ethnic tensions.(AP Photo / Imad Mitti, APTN) (AP)

Dramatic bomb explosion in Iraq caught on camera

Lara Jakes, Yahya Barzanji