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17 Iraqis Killed in Bomb Blasts Across Baghdad
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=1585FCF:A6F02AD83191E160AE3B565EEC1D30AC9574F7DCC14957C0 Police say at
least seven people died when two roadside bombs exploded near popular
market in central Baghdad in Baab al-Sharki district Iraqi security
officials say at least 17 people were killed and more than 60 others
wounded in bomb blasts across Baghdad Thursday.







An Iraqi doctor carries a boy into Baghdad's Kindi hospital, Iraq, 28
Dec 2006Police say at least seven people died and 35 others were
wounded when two roadside bombs exploded near a popular market in
central Baghdad in the Baab al-Sharki district. The attack took place
during a busy shopping time in the morning.

Shortly afterwards, a car bomb exploded near the al-Sha'ab sports
stadium in an eastern part of the city that killed at least 10 people
and wounded more than 25 others.

Meanwhile, the U.S. military says three American soldiers were killed
and three others wounded in separate roadside bomb blasts in the Iraqi
capital on Wednesday.

The military also says Iraqi special forces backed by American
advisors captured an al-Qaida insurgent believed to have been involved
in the kidnapping and murder of two U.S. soldiers in June. It said the
man was captured in a raid in the Yusifiya region, south of Baghdad,
earlier this week .

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


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