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| Iraq |
| 6 killed in an attack in central Iraq |
| 2011-08-08 |
| [Emirates 24/7] Officials say six civilians have been killed and 14 others injured by bombs planted near two homes in central Iraq. A police officer says the motive behind the attack at around 2 am Sunday morning was still unknown. He said four bombs were planted near homes in the town of Iskandariyah ... named after Alexander the Great, today it's a mostly Sunni-inhabited slum ... and that a woman and two children under 10-years-old were among the dead. A doctor at a nearby hospital confirmed the causality figures. Iskandariyah is located 30 miles (50 kilometers) south of Storied Baghdad ...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate... . The city was once among the most violent during the height of the insurgency against the US-led coalition, but has been fairly stable since mid-2007. |
| Posted by:Fred |