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| Iraq |
| Baghdad suicide bombing kills 9 |
| 2005-11-08 |
| A suicide car bomber killed nine people, including six Iraqi policemen, in the southern Dora district of Baghdad yesterday, police said. A further 10 people were wounded in the attack, a day after a combined force of Iraqi and US troops entered their third day of operations, which had troops moving from house to house. At least one US Marine and 17 alleged al-Qaeda fighters were killed. A force of 1000 Iraqi soldiers and 2500 US Marines, sailors and soldiers launched an operation early on Saturday in the far western Iraqi town of Husayba in an attempt to flush al-Qaeda fighters from the region. The sweep, called Operation Steel Curtain, is aimed at preventing foreign fighters from entering the country. Japan and Italy were considering pulling their troops out of Iraq within the next eight months and expanding Iraq-related air missions from Kuwait, the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper said. Meanwhile, Saddam Hussein’s defence lawyers yesterday called for his trial to be moved abroad to protect their lives after increasing threats since the murder of a colleague, Saadoun al-Janabi. A statement by the lawyers for Saddam said the defence team had received no word from the court or the government guaranteeing their safety since the murder of al-Janabi, a day after his court appearance at the start of Saddam’s trial on October 19. The government denied involvement in the murder and said it would increase security for the trial. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |