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Mixed Bag of Car Bombs, Gunmen, Kills 10, Wounds 31

Good morning,

At 9 a.m. Monday, a suicide car bomb hit an abandoned house being used by policemen as an outpost in Dora, southern Baghdad, killing one policeman and wounding five, a police officer said on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the media.

At 9:45 a.m., a roadside bomb exploded near Mustasiriyah University in east Baghdad, wounding seven civilians standing nearby, said police Lt. Ali Muhsin.

A parked car bomb detonated at 10:30 a.m. near al-Maamoun college in western Baghdad, killing one student and wounding two others and two policemen, a police officer said on condition of anonymity out of concern for his safety.

Last week, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki urged university professors and students _ who are often targeted by violence _ to ignore a Sunni Arab insurgent group's warnings to avoid classes, calling them "desperate attempts." The group had sent e-mails to students and posted signs at schools and mosques in Baghdad, saying students should stay away while it cleanses the campuses of Shiite death squads, according to a statement from al-Maliki's office.

Elsewhere in the capital, three mortar rounds killed four people and wounded 15, and gunmen stole $1 million from a bank truck and kidnapped its four guards, police said.

In attacks outside Baghdad, three policemen and four civilians were gunned down, and funerals were held in a village near Kirkuk, 180 miles north of Baghdad, for a family of five Shiites, including a pregnant woman, who had been gunned down at their home Sunday.

Have a nice day.

posted by Wink @ 11:35 AM