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In Iraq, thousands of terrorism’s victims go unnamed

It was a typical July night in Baghdad and even at midnight, the air radiated the day's heat. Some people in the upscale Karrada neighborhoood were sitting at outdoor cafes, watching a nail-biter finish to a Germany-Italy soccer match. But all was shattered about 45 minutes after midnight when the sound of an explosion reverberated […]

Moni Basu writes for CNN:

It was a typical July night in Baghdad and even at midnight, the air radiated the day's heat. Some people in the upscale Karrada neighborhoood were sitting at outdoor cafes, watching a nail-biter finish to a Germany-Italy soccer match.

But all was shattered about 45 minutes after midnight when the sound of an explosion reverberated through the entire neighborhood.

Among all the terrorist attacks of 2016 worldwide, the Karrada bombing on July 3 stood as the year's deadliest.