The blast, which killed at least nine people, came on a day when the U.S. relinquished control of a province that includes much of the area south of Baghdad once known as the "triangle of death."
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The blast, which killed at least nine people, came on a day when the U.S. relinquished control of a province that includes much of the area south of Baghdad once known as the "triangle of death."