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3 Car Bombs Explode in Northern Iraq's Kirkuk

   VOA News  February 09, 2011
   In  this  image  from TV showing the moment that a bomb detonates on a
   street in Kirkuk, Iraq, February 9, 2011

Photo: AP

   In  this  image  from TV showing the moment that a bomb detonates on a
   street in Kirkuk, Iraq, February 9, 2011

   Iraqi   officials   say   three   car   bombs  have  exploded  in  the
   ethnically-divided  northern  city  of  Kirkuk,  killing at least four
   people and wounding more than 20 others.
   The  officials  say the vehicles blew up in quick succession Wednesday
   morning  in  several parts of the city. They say the bombs appeared to
   target Iraqi security personnel.
   Kirkuk  is  an  oil-rich  region  that  has  long experienced tensions
   between its Arab, Kurdish and Turkomen communities.
   Violence  in  Iraq  has  declined sharply from the height of sectarian
   conflict several years ago, but militants still carry out bombings and
   shootings almost daily.

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