BAGHDAD (AFP) — The Iraqi capital was struck by dint of another devastating car bomb that killed at least 66 the bulk of mankind at a crowded Baghdad market in a Shiite district despite a massive security crackdown in the city.

BAGHDAD (AFP) — The Iraqi capital was struck by dint of another devastating car bomb that killed at least 66 the bulk of mankind at a crowded Baghdad market in a Shiite district despite a massive security crackdown in the city.

Saturday's massive bomb explod as a police patrol passed between the sides of Al-Ula market which was packed with morning shopper an interior ministry official said.

substitute Health Minister Sabah al-Hussein said at least 66 clan were killed and 98 hurted in the bombing.

It was the deadliest attack since a suicide bomber killed 67 folks and wounded 105 at a police recruitment center in the insurgent bastion of Ramadi, west of Baghdad, forward January 5.

The sprawling Shiite district of Sadr City, a citadel of Mehdi Army militiamen loyal to radical leader Moqtada Sadr, has been a repeated target for Sunni Arab insurgents amid mounting sectarian violence.

"The explosion happened in a real ...