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Will things ever start getting better on the ground in Iraq?

A car bomb exploded outside a police academy south of Baghdad during a graduation ceremony Wednesday, killing at least 20 people amid a surge in violence ahead of a landmark election. Hours earlier, another car bomb killed two Iraqis in the nation's capital.

The bloodshed raised the death toll from insurgent attacks to more than 90 in the last four days. Despite the insurgency — which U.S. troops and Iraqi security forces have been helpless to prevent — American and Iraqi leaders insist the vote would go forward as scheduled despite the violence aimed against holding the ballot.

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