BAGHDAD, March 7 (Reuters) - The death toll from a car bomb targeting a checkpoint in southern Baghdad on Wednesday rose to 22 people, including 12 Iraqi policemen, the U.S. military said.

Ten Iraqi civilians were also killed in the blast, the U.S. military said in a statement.

Earlier, an Iraqi police source said a car bomb targeting police and Shi'ite pilgrims in the southern Baghdad district of Saidiya had killed eight people, including seven pilgrims heading to the holy city of Kerbala.

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