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November 23, 2007

Blast in Popular Baghdad Market Kills 13
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=1A5891C:A6F02AD83191E160EF617974C7A32CE60531BB26A5003E7B& Authorities say
the blast wounded at least 40 others, including four police officers





A woman passes by scattered items and a destroyed vending stall at
Baghdad's al-Ghazl pet market, Friday, 23 Nov 07Iraqi police say a
bomb exploded in a crowded animal market in central Baghdad Friday,
killing at least 13 people.

Authorities say the blast wounded at least 40 others, including four
police officers.

The Souq al-Ghazl market was bombed earlier this year. Friday's
explosion comes amid a decrease in violence across the nation.

In separate news Friday, Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk says his
government will withdraw all of its troops from Iraq in 2008. Poland
has about 900 soldiers in southern Iraq.

On Thursday, Iraqi authorities said suspected al-Qaida militants
killed at least 10 members of a Sunni police patrol after the
militants drove up in stolen Iraqi army vehicles.

Officials said the al-Qaida fighters attacked the police in a rural
area south of Baghdad, Hawr Rijab, after killing three soldiers and
taking their vehicles.

The police were members of the "Awakening Council," a Sunni group
fighting al-Qaida militants in Iraq.

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


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