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Child welfare violation
TERRORIST ROCKET ATTACK KILLS 8 IRAQIS, WOUNDS 3 Release Date: 3/1/2006 BAGHDAD, Iraq Eight local nationals were killed and three were wounded Feb. 27 when two rockets impacted in northwest Baghdad at approximately 1:30 p.m. The rockets impacted on a car and a curb next to a primary school. Soldiers from Multi-National Division Baghdads 1st Battalion, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, responded to the scene to assist the wounded. Elsewhere, Iraqi police discovered a roadside bomb with a cell phone initiator concealed in a food sack while on patrol in the vicinity of Al Iskandariyah at approximately 3 p.m. According to local witnesses, a child was paid by terrorists to place the bomb along an Iraqi police foot patrol route. An Explosive Ordnance Disposal team successfully recovered the bomb without any injury to personnel, equipment or infrastructure. Both incidents are under investigation by Iraqi authorities. Posted by: Glenmore 2006-03-01 |
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