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Attacks targeting Iraqi forces kill 2, injure 20
 KIRKUK, Iraq Two bomb blasts targeting security forces in different parts of Iraq Monday killed two people and wounded 20, underscoring Iraqs instability, though the nations prime minister insisted that security forces have been mostly successful in curbing insurgent attacks.Police said a car bomb killed two people and injured 10 in Kirkuk, a northern Iraqi city torn by ethnic tensions. Another bomb in Baghdad also wounded 10, including four Iraqi soldiers. In Kirkuk, 180 miles (290 kilometers) north of the capital, police Col. Ghazi Mohammed Rashid said a car exploded as a security patrol was driving by. The blast killed two people who happened to be near the car when it blew up. Five police were among the 10 wounded. A few hours later, the Baghdad car bomb exploded next to an army patrol in the northern Shiite neighborhood of Kazimiyah. A police officer and doctor at Kazimiyah hospital said six bystanders and four soldiers were wounded. Posted by: Steve White 2011-05-24 |
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