NEWS ALERT: WAVE OF BOMBINGS TARGET BAGHDAD

Three blasts have shaken the Iraqi capital leaving at least six people dead, including a child.

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Nearly 30 other people were injured in Monday's series of attacks, security and hospital officials said.

The blasts appeared to mark a rise in violence in the run up to the planned pullout of US troops from Iraqi towns and cities by the end of June.

In the first attack, a roadside bomb hit a minibus in the Shia neighbourhood of Sadr City, killing three university students.

GRIM REMINDER OF AKGHANISTAN WAR: CIVILIAN VICTIMS OF U.S AND TALIBAN ATTACKS (GRUESOME VIDEO)

This video shows the aftermath of U.S. and Taliban attacks on Afghanistan civilians who are being treated in Kandahar Hospital. Most of the victims are young children and women caught in the crossfire of a war that has no end in sight. Listen to their stories and then you decide whether President Obama is right in sending more U.S. troops to Afghanistan.

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BRUTAL FIREFIGHT IN PECH RIVER VALLEY AGHANISTAN (SEE VIDEO)

The most impressive part of this video about a firefight in the Pech River Valley of Afghanistan is the desolate terrain our troops are fighting in over in Afghanistan. What you see here are U.S. forces attacking Taliban positions across the river. WARNING: Some of the language is explicit.

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