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Four Anti-Qaida Fighters among 8 Killed by Iraq Bombs
[An Nahar] Two kabooms in Iraq on Wednesday killed eight people, including four anti-Qaeda gunnies who died when a jacket wallah struck as they gathered to collect their salaries, officials said.The bomber, who was on foot, detonated explosives at a cop shoppe in Fallujah, ... the City of Mosques, which might have somthing to do with why it's not called Center of Prosperityor a really nice place to raise your kids... west of Storied Baghdad ...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate... , as the militiamen, known as Sahwa, gathered near a cop shoppe, police Lieutenant Colonel Khaled Yassir al-Jumaili said. The blast killed five people, including a police brass hat and four Sahwa fighters. It also maimed 15 other people. In a separate attack in Storied Baghdad, a boom-mobile in the capital's Al-Husseiniyah area killed three people and maimed another 10, officials said. Wednesday's attacks came after a wave of violence killed more than 240 people over seven days at the end of April, raising fears of a return to sectarian violence that left tens of thousands dead. Posted by: Fred 2013-05-02 |
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