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March 30, 2011

53 Killed in Iraq Attack; U.S. Forces Deployed 
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At least 53 people have been killed and another 95 wounded in an attack
in Iraq’s northern city of Tikrit. Gunmen dressed in police uniforms
and suicide vests attacked a provincial office and went room to room
executing local politicians and government workers. U.S. forces were
deployed to the scene and engaged in combat with the attackers. The dead
included Sabah al-Bazee, a 30-year-old freelance photojournalist who
worked with the Reuters news agency.



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