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Car Bomb Kills 19 Iraqi Guardsmen
 A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb north of Baghdad on Sunday, killing 19 Iraqis - all but one of them National Guardsmen - in another strike against Iraqis cooperating with American forces, the U.S. military said. Four Iraqi policemen were killed in a separate attack further north. The car bomb blast near Balad, 50 miles north of Baghdad, also wounded six guardsmen, U.S. military spokesman Maj. Neal E. O'Brien said. The bomb detonated as their bus passed close to a U.S. base. An Iraqi civilian - the bus driver - was among the 19 killed while the other casualties were members of Iraq's 203rd National Guard Battalion. The driver of the car that exploded also died. "Those responsible for suicide attacks are seeking to halt Iraq's progress on the path to democracy," O'Brien said.Posted by: Fred 2005-01-02 |
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