Thursday, April 06, 2006

18 Killed, 40 Injured Near Mosque

Good Morning,

The holy Shiite city of Necef (Najaf) in southern Iraq was shaken by a series of car bomb attacks earlier today, killing at least 18 people and injuring about 40.

Eyewitnesses say more than 10 vehicles were destroyed in the attacks and a curfew was declared shortly after.

The attack was plotted just a few hundred meters from the holy Imam Ali Tomb.

In a shoot out at a police station 160 kilometers south of capital Bagdat (Baghdad) again today, five civilians lost their lives, and two were wounded.

In Ramada, a roadside bomb exploded as an American military vehicle passed, no information was released regarding the number of dead or injured.

In Kerkuk (Kirkuk), 250 kilometers north of Baghdad, a Kurdish captain was severely injured in a firearm attack.

Have a nice day.

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