It was the deadliest bombing in several weeks in Iraq, on a day where 29 people were reported killed across the country.
It would have been the first deadly bombing by Palestinians in more than two months.
This was one of the deadliest bombings of the year.
(It was the site of the deadly bombing that occurred during the Games.)
The bomb attacks occurred only one day after two deadly bombings in the southern Philippines.
It was the deadliest bombing in the province's 30-year sectarian conflict.
On 13 March 1986, a deadly bombing took place in Damascus left 60 people dead.
The separate attacks on Saturday were the latest in a long series of deadly bombings at recruiting centers and police stations.
The market has been the scene of deadly bombings, including one in February that killed 60 people.
Some reports put the death toll higher than 160, which would make it the deadliest single insurgent bombing since the 2003 invasion.
