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September 8, 2007

4 Dead in Iraqi Bombing
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=19561AE:A6F02AD83191E1608A90776EF7FFBA3B9574F7DCC14957C0 Police say bomb
exploded in busy market in holy Shi'ite town of Kufa Saturday Iraqi
police say a bomb exploded at a busy market in the holy Shi'ite town
of Kufa Saturday, killing at least four people and wounding about
seven.

Authorities say two of the dead are children.





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US soldiers look at a confiscated grenade before they destroy it
during 'Operation Wickersham 3' near Baqouba, 06 Sep 2007The U.S.
military said coalition and Iraqi security forces conducted an air and
ground assault to flush out Sunni insurgents in the northern city of
Kirkuk. They say that in at least three separate raids, coalition
forces detained a total of 13 people for alleged terrorist activity.

In simultaneous operations, at least 12 other suspects were detained
in Kirkuk's Rashad valley region and in Mosul.

Elsewhere in northern Iraq, the U.S. military said a drone aircraft
dropped a bomb that killed two suspected roadside bombers in the
Qayyrah area of Nineveh province. Officials said it was the first
operation of its kind.

The U.S. military said Friday that U.S. and Iraqi forces detained a
suspected Shi'ite militant leader who led a group of around 750
fighters in southwestern Baghdad.

The military said the alleged insurgent brigade commander and another
suspect were detained Thursday. The two allegedly cooperated with
foreign fighters and assisted other militants in acquiring sniper
training in Iran.

Tehran has denied U.S. charges that it is supporting Shi'ite militants
in Iraq.

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


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