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Baghdad Bomb and Bullet Bulletin: 10 die
 ISIL Suicide Bombing Kills 10 People South of Baghdad [al-Manar] A suicide car bomb attack claimed by the ISIL group and targeting an Iraqi army checkpoint south of Baghdad Monday killed at least 10 people, security and medical sources said. The blast in Yusufiya, a frequently targeted area just south of the capital, also left at least 17 people wounded, an interior ministry official said. A medic at the nearby Mahmudiyah hospital said at least four soldiers were among those killed in the blast. It came just hours after Iraqi forces launched an offensive to retake second city Mosul, in the north of the country, from ISIL. Posted by: badanov 2016-10-18 |
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