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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- A car bomb exploded Monday near the headquarters of the U.S.-run occupation authority, killing at least two people and injuring more than 20.
The blast occurred on Kindi Street in the city's Harithiyah district, about 500 yards from where the head of the Governing Council, Izzadine Saleem, was assassinated in a car bombing May 17.
U.S. soldiers fired shots in the air to disperse crowds gathering after the blast, which shattered glass in shops and homes across a wide area.
At Yarmouk hospital, Dr. Linna Ziyad said the body of a woman killed in the blast was brought to the morgue. Another body lay in the street, covered by a plastic sheet.
Ziyad said 21 people were brought to the hospital, including two with serious injuries.
Najlaa Farhad, 60, who lives a short distance away, said she was performing noon prayers when the room was suddenly filled with smoke and dust. Her air conditioner was blown off the wall.
"I thought a rocket had hit my house," she said. "All my curtains came off."
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