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Car bomb in western Baghdad kills one; attackers fire on Shiite pilgrims

Mar-30-2005 » Filed Under: 1/25 SBCT

The article contains news about attacks in Mosul and Tal Afar.

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USA Today, Associated Press

BAGHDAD (AP) — Gunmen opened fire on a military checkpoint in northern Mosul, killing six Iraqis on Wednesday, while attackers in the south ambushed a group of Shiite pilgrims heading to a major religious festival — the latest sign of violence targeting the gathering that draws some 1.5 million people.

In Mosul, four insurgents jumped out of a car near the checkpoint and began shooting, killing six Iraqis and wounding eight others before being shot dead by return fire, police official Ahmed Mohamed Khalaf Al-Jibori said. U.S. military officials said they did not immediately have information on the attack. [...]

Also Wednesday, gunmen attacked one of the leading Kurdish party buildings, injuring two guards in Mosul, 225 miles north of Baghdad. An attacker was killed by return fire, said Abdul Al-Ghani Botani of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.

Iraqi police reported the arrest of a leading member of the feared militant group Ansar al-Sunnah Army. Police captured Mohammed Abed, also known as Mohammed al-Hawijy, during a late Tuesday raid near Hawija, 150 miles north of Baghdad, said Col. Sarhad Qader.

In the northern city of Tal Afar, the U.S. military said, soldiers attacked an insurgent vehicle Tuesday, killing one militant and injuring another. Numerous weapons were found, the military said. [...]

The story continues with other news from around Iraq.


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