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Car Bomb in Baghdad Kills 3 Near Allawi Party Headquarters
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At least two Iraqi policemen were killed and more than a dozen others
were wounded in Monday's blast, which occurred at a security
checkpoint A suicide car-bomb explosion in Baghdad near the
headquarters of Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's political party has
killed at least three people - two of them policemen. More than 20
others were wounded.

North of the capital, U.S. authorities say a separate car bombing at a
checkpoint near a U.S. military base in Balad killed four Iraqi
national guardsmen and wounded 14 others.

Officials say the Baghdad blast occurred at a security checkpoint on a
street leading to offices of the Iraqi National Accord party. Hours
later, a second car exploded nearby, but there were no immediate
casualty reports.

Security officials say they expect an increase in insurgent attacks as
Iraq's January 30 election approaches.

Some information for this report provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.


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