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Over 40 people killed in Iraq terror attacks

10:0810/08/2009

MOSCOW, August 10 (RIA Novosti) - Two truck bombings left at least 25 people dead in north Iraq's Mosul, and another 16 people were killed by two car bombs in Baghdad on Monday, international media reported.

Sky News reported that the two truck bombs killed 25 people and wounded 75 near the city of Mosul, some 400 km north of the capital.

Reuters quoted police reports saying two car bombs targeting construction workers killed 16 people and wounded 81 in the southwest of Baghdad.

At least 37 people were killed and more than 250 wounded in a series of attacks in Iraq on Friday, with three blasts occurring in Baghdad and one outside a Shiite mosque near Mosul.

Shiite religious gatherings are frequent targets of Sunni Islamist attacks.

 




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Курд у разрушенного дома в ИракеOver 40 people killed in Iraq terror attacks

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