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11 Iraqis killed, 45 wounded in Baghdad attacks (2nd Lead)
Mar 20, 2007, 13:15 GMT
Baghdad - At least 11 Iraqis were killed and 45 others injured Tuesday in a series of attacks across the capital, sources said.
A suicide bomber blew himself up in a car bomb in the Karada district near the Green Zone killing three Iraqis and wounding 17 others, an Iraqi police source said.
Elsewhere in Baghdad, another suicide bomber detonated a car bomb inside an Iraqi military checkpoint in Jamaa district in western Baghdad killing a soldier and injuring another, an Iraqi police source said.
In central Baghdad, a remote-controlled car bomb went off near a police station in the crowded Sheik Omar district, killing at least five Iraqis and wounding 17 others, an Iraqi police source said.
Also Tuesday, two Iraqis were killed and six others were wounded in a roadside car bomb in a commercial complex in the Karada district, an Iraqi police source said.
In southern Baghdad, at least four Iraqis were injured Tuesday when a mortar shell struck the Walid residential district, witnesses said.
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Surge this..May 6th, 2007 - 05:13:46
Only 11? you are slipping Al Queda.
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