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Coordinated blasts in Baghdad killed at least 21 people near the heavily fortified Green Zone. NBCNews.com's Richard Lui reports.

Suicide bombers attacked three hotels used by foreigners in the heart of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 36 people and raising questions about government pledges on security before a March election.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates visited as Baghdad was reeling from bombings and U.S. forces are beginning to prepare for withdrawals this spring.

Four people are killed in two blasts in Iraq's capital, a day after a string of suicide bombings kill nearly 130 people and injure more than 400 in attacks on government buildings, a neighborhood and a commercial district.

The deadliest attack in Baghdad in two years killed 160 people and wounded 540, Iraq's Interior Ministry said today. Three U.S. contractors were hurt.