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| Iraq |
| 10 killed in Iraq's violence |
| 2014-02-22 |
| Ten people were killed and 10 others wounded in two violent incidents in eastern and central Iraq on Thursday, police source said, Xinhua reported. In Iraq's eastern province of Diyala, a fierce clash erupted when armed men attacked an army base in south of the city Sa'diyah, some 120 km northeast of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, leaving two soldiers killed and six others wounded, a provincial police source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. The two-hour fighting also resulted in the killing of five gunmen, the source said. In a separate incident, a roadside bomb struck a patrol of a government-backed Sahwa paramilitary group in Nibai area, some 70 km north of Baghdad, killing three group members and wounding four others, a local police source anonymously told Xinhua. |
| Posted by:Steve White |