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Attacks on anti-Qaeda Iraq militia kill five
by Staff Writers
Baquba, Iraq (AFP) Nov 3, 2011


A suicide bomber and a car bomb targeted anti-Qaeda militiamen near Baquba, north of Baghdad, on Thursday, killing five people and wounding 26, an army officer and a doctor said.

The suicide bomber detonated his explosives about 9:15 am (0615 GMT), as Sahwa (Awakening) militiamen gathered near an Iraqi army base to pick up their salaries, a colonel in the Baquba operations command said.

A car bomb exploded about 10 minutes later in a nearby parking area as emergency workers arrived at the scene, said the colonel, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The attacks killed four Sahwa members and a soldier, and wounded 26 other people -- four ambulance drivers, six civil defence employees and 16 Sahwa members, the officer said.

Dr Firas al-Dulaimi of Baquba General Hospital gave the same toll, saying the hospital had received the bodies of three people killed and admitted 28 wounded from the attacks. Two of the wounded later died.

The Sahwa are made up of of Sunni tribesmen who joined forces with the US military against Al-Qaeda from late 2006, helping turn the tide of the insurgency.

Violence has declined nationwide since its peak in 2006 and 2007, but attacks remain common. A total of 258 people were killed in October, according to official figures.

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South Iraq bombings death toll rises to nine
Basra, Iraq (AFP) Nov 3, 2011 - Three motorbike bombings in the southern Iraq port city of Basra killed at least nine people and wounded at least 37, police and a doctor said on Thursday, raising a previous toll.

A police lieutenant colonel said that nine people were killed and 37 wounded in the Wednesday night bombings.

But a senior official in the Basra health department said that at least 12 people were killed and more than 70 wounded in the blasts.

Both spoke on condition of anonymity.

A doctor and a police officer had on Wednesday night put the toll at eight dead and at least 22 wounded in the bombings.

Basra province police chief General Faisal al-Abadi said that the explosives-laden motorbikes, which were parked in the city centre, had detonated about 8:00 pm (1700 GMT) on Wednesday.

Violence has declined nationwide since its peak in 2006 and 2007, but attacks remain common. A total of 258 people were killed in October, according to official figures.



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Eight killed in Iraq motorbike bombings: doctor
Basra, Iraq (AFP) Nov 2, 2011
Three motorbikes rigged with explosives blew up in the southern Iraqi port city of Basra late on Wednesday, killing at least eight people and wounding at least 22, a doctor and police said. A doctor at Sadr Hospital in Basra said that at least eight people were killed and 22 wounded in the blasts, while a police lieutenant colonel gave the same toll. Basra province police chief General F ... read more


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