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Car Bombs Rock 6 Churches in Iraq
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=10C4CEB:3919ACA Iraqi police say
cars exploded at nearly same time outside 2 churches in Kirkuk and 4
in Baghdad



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An Iraqi soldier secures the scene of a car bomb in front of the
Disciples Mar Putros and Mar Polos Orthodox Christian church, in
Baghdad

Iraqi police say car bomb attacks at churches in Baghdad and Kirkuk
have killed at least three people and wounded several others.

They say the cars exploded at nearly the same time outside two
churches in Kirkuk and four in Baghdad.

The blasts came shortly after Iraqi authorities adjourned the trial of
ousted dictator Saddam Hussein until at least Wednesday. Saddam and
some co-defendants were thrown out of court Sunday, after Saddam's
co-defendant half-brother cursed the court and was then dragged away
by guards. Several defense lawyers walked out in protest.

The former Iraqi leader and seven co-defendants are accused of killing
more than 140 people in the town of Dujail in 1982 after a failed
assassination attempt.

Elsewhere, a suicide car bomber killed four Iraqi soldiers near
Saddam's hometown of Tikrit. Another insurgent attack killed 10 people
south of Baghdad.

 


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