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Two US soldiers killed in Iraq, civilians kidnapped in Kirkuk
Oct 25, 2007, 6:37 GMT
Baghdad - Two US soldiers were killed and eight wounded by insurgents in the Iraqi province of Salahaddin, the US military command reported Thursday.
The attacks took place on Wednesday.
In the northern city of Kirkuk and the nearby Sunni enclave of Howaija, three civilians - a university professor, an engineer and an energy official - were kidnapped, police reported.
According to the Aswat al-Iraq news agency, police have discovered countrywide bodies of 17 murder victims. Most were killed in Baghdad and the province of Diyala province north of the capital, the report said.
© 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-AgenturCOMMENT
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