Twenty-three Iraqi security troops died across the city and 31 others were wounded, authorities said. At least one civilian died and dozens more were wounded.

The attacks came as a purported message from terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi circulated on Web sites used by insurgents telling them to continue attacking U.S. and Iraqi forces. A U.S. intelligence official said the voice appeared to be al-Zarqawi's. (Full story)

Authorities said the attacks in Baghdad could have been much worse -- that insurgents had planned to kill a large number of Iraqis, but none of the bombs reached their intended targets, civilian meeting places and Iraqi police stations.

"The quick, decisive action of the Iraqi police and Iraqi army soldiers in the face of 12 separate attacks saved a lot of people's lives today," said Lt. Col. Clifford Kent, a spokesman for Task Force Baghdad.

The Baghdad bombing spree erupted around 8:15 a.m. when four suicide bombs exploded in a 15-minute span within a few hundred yards of each other in northern Baghdad, followed by eight more bombings over the next three hours

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