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| Civilian wounded as IED destroys house in Baaquba |
| 2008-12-27 |
| Aswat al-Iraq: A civilian man was wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) blast targeted the house of a displaced local resident in central Baaquba city on Friday, an official security source in Diala said. "An IED planted by unidentified gunmen went off on Friday evening near a house that belongs to a displaced local resident in the area of al-Anafsa, central Baaquba, leaving one civilian wounded and the building totally devastated," the source told Aswat al-Iraq. He did not give more details. According to security sources in the province of Diala, areas in the city of Baaquba have witnessed during recent week blasts by persons believed to belong to al-Qaeda network in Iraq targeting displaced families that returned to their original dwelling places. More than 27,000 families in Diala were forced to leave their homes due to sectarian violence. Only 2400 families of them returned after a relative improvement in security conditions in the province. |
| Posted by:Fred |