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At least 18 people have died in a series of explosions in the Iraq capital, Baghdad, the largest at a building used by the International Committee of the Red Cross

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Fire engines rushed to the scene of the ICRC blast, but were soon engulfed in huge clouds of thick black smoke

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Iraqi police officers blocked off the area, waving back journalists and bystanders...

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... who fled in panic as smoke rose behind them; at least three other bombs reportedly exploded within the hour

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The injured were taken away by emergency workers for treatment, including this woman whose arm was lacerated

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... but others succumbed to their injuries...

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... leaving US Army special forces to sift through the debris and try to find out what happened