AFP: 11 killed in new Baghdad bomb attacks

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11 killed in new Baghdad bomb attacks

36 minutes ago

BAGHDAD (AFP) - A string of bombings and shootings in Baghdad have killed
at least 11 people, including four policemen, a day after a deadly truck
bomb left 130 people dead.

The four policemen died when their patrol was hit by a roadside bomb
in Baghdad's northeast Al-Qasra district, a security official said Sunday.
Another four policemen were wounded in the blast.

In another attack, four people were killed and seven wounded when a car bomb
exploded near a bus station in north Baghdad's Bab al-Muadam district.

Two people were killed and three wounded, meanwhile, when a bus belonging
to the ministry of labour and social affairs was ambushed by gunmen in east
Baghdad.

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Full article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070204/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrest_070204094342

(Reuters)

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Feb 4
04 Feb 2007 09:40:34 GMT
Source: Reuters

Feb 4 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 0930 GMT
on Sunday:

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BAGHDAD - Police and Iraqiya state television said U.S. forces wounded Suhad
Shakir, an anchor working for Iraqiya, when they fired on her car near the
Foreign Ministry in central Baghdad. The U.S. military said it was checking
the report.

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Full article: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L04416259.htm

Also:
Iraqi PM vows to end bomb terror - BBC
Iraq vows action after truck bomb kills 135 - Reuters

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1. welcome to the surge.

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2. 14 killed, 46 wounded in multiple attacks in Baghdad today

14 killed, 46 wounded in multiple attacks in Baghdad today
BAGHDAD (CNN) -- Gunmen, bomb and mortar attacks wreaked havoc throughout Baghdad Sunday morning, leaving in their wake a mix of 14 citizens, police officers and soldiers dead and 46 more wounded, Baghdad police officials told CNN.

The attack that claimed the highest death toll was a roadside bomb that exploded near an Iraqi police patrol in the northern Baghdad neighborhood of Kasra, which killed four Iraqi police officers.

Sunday's violence follows a bloody attack on a crowded market in central Baghdad that killed 128 people and wounded 343 others Saturday, a Health Ministry official said.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/02/04/sunday/index.html

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3. Reuters: Mortars kill 15 in Baghdad after deadly truck bomb

Mortars kill 15 in Baghdad after deadly truck bomb
04 Feb 2007 18:14:53 GMT
Source: Reuters

(Recasts with more violence, offensive set to begin)

By Ibon Villelabeitia

BAGHDAD, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Mortar bombs killed 15 people in a Sunni neighbourhood
in Baghdad on Sunday in fresh violence after a truck bomb killed 135 people in a
Shi'ite area in the worst single bombing since the U.S.-led 2003 invasion.

The spiralling sectarian bloodshed threw the spotlight on Shi'ite Prime Minister
Nuri al-Maliki's planned crackdown in Baghdad, but a U.S. general warned it would
not produce results overnight and said reinforcements were still being deployed.

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The mortar rounds crashed down in the northern Adhamiya district as clashes were
reported between gunmen and police in religiously mixed Amil district, police said.
Details were sketchy but Adhamiya is frequently subjected to mortar barrages.

More than 20 people were reported killed elsewhere in Baghdad in bomb attacks and
drive-by shootings.

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Full article: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IBO425367.htm

Related: FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Feb 4 - Reuters