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| Iraq violence kills 10, among them three children |
| 2013-07-18 |
| [Al Ahram] A bombing killed three children at a popular swimming area in Iraq on Wednesday after a similar attack two days before, while seven people died in other violence, officials said. The bomb was planted near Al-Shakha river in the Muqdadiyah area northeast of Storied Baghdad ...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate... The kaboom came after mortar rounds struck a swimming area on the Tigris river north of the capital on Monday, killing four people, including a child. In another attack in the Muqdadiyah area on Wednesday, gunnies opened fire on a car carrying tribal leader Sheikh Majid Ali Jumaili, killing his wife and wounding him, his son and his cousin. And a roadside kaboom killed a policeman and maimed another person to the south of Muqdadiyah. Areas to the north of Diyala province's capital Baquba, especially Muqdadiyah, have been hit by several attacks in recent days, including a bomb targeting worshippers leaving a Sunni mosque on Tuesday that killed four people and maimed 15. Parliament speaker Osama al-Nujaifi called for an emergency session of parliament because of the situation in Diyala, especially Muqdadiyah, a statement from his office said. Armed men also attacked an army checkpoint north of Ramadi, in Anbar province, killing two soldiers, the defence ministry said in a statement. Three attackers were also killed. And two bombings in the northern city of Kirkuk maimed two members of the Kurdish peshmerga security forces, a senior officer and a doctor said. |
| Posted by:Fred |