Twin bombing kills dozens

 BAGHDAD – Thirty-five people were killed and 28 were wounded Tuesday in a twin bombing in Taji, a town 12 miles north of the Iraqi capital.

 The explosions, one right after the other, were the latest in an escalating series of bombings that have claimed hundreds of Iraqi lives in the past two months. They seemed to promise a bloody next two months, a time of year when such bombings traditionally peak in Iraq.

 Iraqi security officials said the first bomb exploded in a parked car around 10 a.m. near the town council building and the government office that issues identity cards. The second explosion followed at the same location.

 No one took immediate responsibility for the blasts.

 There were similar coordinated bombings last month, seemingly timed to hit police and medical personnel who responded to the first explosions, in the southern city of Diwaniyah and the western city of Ramadi.

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