17 Feb 2011 16:04
Source: reuters // Reuters
BAGHDAD, Feb 17 (Reuters) - A car bomb explosion killed at least 13 people and wounded 33 others in the Iraqi town of Muqdadiya on Thursday, security sources said.
The blast struck an automobile sales centre in Muqdadiya, about 80 km (50 miles) northeast of Baghdad, the sources said.
(Reporting by Reuters Television; Writing by Jim Loney)
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10 Iraqi policemen killed in car bomb
Mon Feb 21, 2011 8:19AM
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At least 10 Iraqi policemen have been killed and 16 others wounded in a car bomb attack in the central Iraqi city of Samarra, security officials say.
The officials added that the incident took place in Salaheddin province on Monday when a bomber smashed an explosives-packed vehicle into a police headquarters in the city.
Samarra is located about 100 kilometers (62 miles) north of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
Last week, a bomber detonated an explosives vest at a bus station in Samarra and killed 48 people and wounded 80 others.
The bomb blast targeted pilgrims travelling by bus to observe a ceremony that marks the death of Imam Hassan al-Askari, the 11th revered Imam for Shias.
Samarra hosts the shrine of Imam Hassan al-Askari who died in 874 A.D. The shrine is regularly visited by Shias through the year.
An explosives-laden vehicle went off near worshippers in the small Shia town of Dujail, in Salahudin Province on February 10, killing nine people and wounding 43 others.
Al-Askari mosque was also attacked in 2007 and 2006 leaving thousands of people dead in Samarra.
Analysts believe the recent wave of violence which has hit Iraq is a plot devised in Washington to create a sense of false insecurity to provide a pretext for the extension of US military stay in the oil-rich country beyond the December 2011 deadline.
According to Opinion Research Business, since the US-led forces invaded Iraq in 2003 more than 1 million civilians have been killed and about 5 million children have been orphaned.
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