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April 2, 2007

Truck Bomb in Northern Iraq Kills 13
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=16E5157:A6F02AD83191E160BFE4FC55D606D80A9574F7DCC14957C0 Attacker rammed
truck into police compound Monday near school, many of the victims
were children





A medic helps a wounded man in Kirkuk, Iraq, 290 kilometers (180
miles) north of Baghdad, Monday, 2 April 2007

Iraqi police says a suicide truck bomb attack has killed at least 13
people and wounded more than 135 others in the northern city of
Kirkuk.

Authorities say the attacker rammed his truck into a police compound
Monday near a school, and that many of the victims were children.

The attack occurred as U.S. troops were visiting the police compound,
and some were wounded.

Meanwhile, the U.S. military says coalition forces killed six
terrorists and detained 10 suspects Sunday and Monday during
operations targeting al-Qaida in Iraq couriers and car bomb cells.

Sunday, the U.S. military said roadside bombs killed six American
soldiers southwest of Baghdad.

U.S. Republican Party senator and presidential candidate John McCain
made an unannounced visit to Iraq Sunday. He said the new U.S.
strategy of sending more forces to Iraq is working.

McCain visited Baghdad with a congressional delegation, including
fellow Republican Senator Lindsey Graham. Senator Graham said the U.S.
is doing what it should have done from the start by having enough
forces on the ground in Iraq.

U.S. military officials say half of the 30,000 additional U.S. troops
being sent to Iraq are already in the country, with the rest expected
by June.

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


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