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Mortar shell wounds three people
 A mortar shell fired by suspected insurgents crashed into a populated village in the governorate of Dyali northeast of the Iraqi capital wounding three civilians, police said on Monday. The police said the civilians who were wounded in Al-Rasoul village were transported to hospital.In the nearby village of Baldrouz, police located and defused a bomb, planted in Al-Asri district. Armed insurgents, including radical gunmen advocating Islamic slogans and remnants of the ousted Baath regime, have been waging a violent warfare against the allies-backed authorities since ouster of Saddam's Hussein regime in 2003. The ongoing violence has claimed heavy casualties and damage. Posted by: Fred 2006-05-23 |
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