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Suicide bomber kills 12 south of Baghdad - police
09 Jun 2007 14:51:56 GMT
Source: Reuters
BAGHDAD, June 9 (Reuters) - A suicide truck bomber killed 12 Iraqi soldiers and wounded 30 in an attack on an army checkpoint south of Baghdad on Saturday, police said.

There was some confusion over whether the huge explosion happened in Jurf al-Sakhar near the predominantly Shi'ite city of Hilla, 100 km (60 miles) south of the capital, or nearby al-Iskandiriya.

Soldiers were digging through the rubble and the death toll was expected to rise, police said.
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Iraqi police aboard a vehicle provide security outside the damaged Golden Mosque in Samarra, about 96km (60miles) north of Baghdad in this March 6, 2006 file photo. Suspected al Qaeda militants blew up two minarets of the revered Shi'ite mosque in the Iraqi city of Samarra on June 13, 2007, targeting the shrine bombed last year in an attack that unleashed a wave of sectarian killing. Fearing renewed bloodshed, Iraq's government imposed an indefinite curfew in Baghdad as Shi'ite and Sunni political and religious leaders called on their followers to remain calm.



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