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Al-Wazireya

Coordinates: 33°22′N 44°23′E / 33.367°N 44.383°E / 33.367; 44.383
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A vehicle borne improvised explosive device after exploding on a street outside the Al Sabah newspaper office in 2006

Al-Wazireya or Waziriyah (Arabic: الوزيرية) is a Sunni neighborhood in the Adhamiyah District of Baghdad, Iraq. It is at one end of the Al-Sarafiya bridge, across the Tigris River from Utafiyah.

On August 27, 2006 a vehicle borne improvised explosive device exploded on the street outside the Al Sabah newspaper office. It destroyed more than 20 cars, killing two people and wounding as many as 30.[citation needed]

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33°22′N 44°23′E / 33.367°N 44.383°E / 33.367; 44.383