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March 13, 2008

Iraqi Police: At Least 7 Killed in Baghdad Car Bomb Attack
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=1B88426:A6F02AD83191E16067C57267A61D67025C6F54A6CF9DC2CA& Security sources
say bomber detonated car in busy shopping district in Bab al-Sharji
area





Iraqis inspect the site of a suicide attack in Baghdad's Bab al-Sharji
area, 13 Mar 2008Iraqi police say at least seven people have been
killed and at least 20 others wounded in a car bomb attack in central
Baghdad.

Security sources say the bomber detonated his car Thursday in a busy
shopping district in the Bab al-Sharji area of Baghdad.

In recent weeks, insurgents have stepped up attacks in Baghdad after a
lull in violence. Double roadside bombings last week in a commercial
area of the capital killed nearly 70 people.

In other news, an Italian Catholic news agency (SIR) says a Chaldean
Catholic archbishop kidnapped in Iraq late last month has been found
dead near the northern city of Mosul.

The agency quotes Bishop Shlemon Warduni of Baghdad as saying the
kidnappers of Paulos Faraj Rahho had buried him.

In Rome, Pope Benedict said he is deeply saddened by the death of
Rahho.

Rahho, the Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Mosul, was abducted by
gunmen after a shootout in the city killed his driver and two
companions. No one has claimed responsibility for his abduction.



Chaldean Catholics form the largest Christian community in Iraq.



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


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