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A car bomb that ripped through an open-air market in Iraq's Diyala province May 15 could have contained chlorine gas, according to conflicting reports May 16. As many as 45 Iraqis were killed and 60 were wounded in the blast, which occurred in the Shiite village of Abu Saydah. An Iraqi police spokesman said May 16 that local doctors were dealing with injuries and illnesses consistent with exposure to chlorine gas, but the Iraqis have since backed away from this claim. The U.S. military has yet to release a statement on the subject.

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