Reuters AlertNet - Baghdad blasts kill 95, Iraqi security criticised: "BAGHDAD, Aug 19 (Reuters) - A series of blasts in Baghdad killed 95 people and wounded 536 in Iraq's bloodiest day this year, prompting a rare admission of culpability from Iraqi security forces left to cope without U.S. help.
At least six blasts struck near government ministries and other targets at the heart of Iraq's Shi'ite-led administration, weeks after U.S. combat troops withdrew from urban centres in June, thrusting Iraq's security forces into the lead role.
'This operation shows negligence, and is considered a security breach for which Iraqi forces must take most of the blame,' Major General Qassim al-Moussawi, Baghdad's security spokesman, told Iraqiya state TV."
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