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Mortars kill 8, wound 40 in central Baghdad
06 Dec 2006 08:52:24 GMT
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BAGHDAD, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Mortar rounds fell on a busy commercial district of central Baghdad on Wednesday, killing eight people and wounding 40, police said.

Four or five bombs fell on the Midan district of Baghdad's old town, the latest in a spate of such attacks across the capital. The old town has seen a particular upsurge in violence in the past few weeks.

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Co-chairmen of the Iraq Study Group former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker (L) and former Rep. Lee Hamilton (D-IN) hold a news conference about the Iraq Study Group Report findings on Capitol Hill in Washington December 6, 2006. The report calls the situation in Iraq "grave and deteriorating" and urged the United States to start moving combat forces out.


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