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Two Suicide Bombings in Baghdad Kill 28
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=1081563:3919ACA Authorities say
bombers blew themselves up while ceremony marking formation of Iraqi
police force was taking place nearby Iraqi authorities say suicide
bombers have killed at least 28 people, most of them police officers,
outside the Interior Ministry in Baghdad.

They say two bombers blew themselves up within minutes of each other
while a ceremony marking National Police Day was taking place nearby.

A mortar shell was also fired at the ceremony, which was attended by
U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad and Iraq's defense and interior
ministers. No one was hurt by the mortar attack.

Meanwhile, U.S. military officials are investigating the crash of a
Blackhawk helicopter that killed all 12 Americans on board near Tal
Afar late Saturday. Elsewhere, insurgents killed three American
Marines Sunday in Fallujah.

Some information for this report provided by AFP and Reuters.


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