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| Iraq |
| 8 dead, wounded in Baghdad attacks |
| 2012-02-27 |
| BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Six civilians were wounded in an improvised explosive device attack in northern Baghdad while an army colonel was injured and his brother killed in an armed attack south of the Iraqi capital on Sunday, a security source said. “An IED went off today at Nazim al-Tabqajli square in al-Azamiya, northern Baghdad, leaving six civilians wounded and causing severe damage to stores near the blast site,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. In a separate incident, unidentified gunmen attacked a vehicle driven by Colonel Abdullah Hammad in al-Dora area, southern Baghdad, he said, adding the attack left him wounded and his brother killed. The gunmen managed to escape. |
| Posted by:Steve White |