Bomb blast kills 17 Iraqi army recruits -police

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Bomb blast kills 17 Iraqi army recruits -police
08 Jul 2007 09:27:24 GMT

BAGHDAD, July 8 (Reuters) - A bomb blast killed 17 new
Iraqi army recruits and wounded 20 others on Sunday while
they were travelling on a road near Baghdad, police and
an army officer said.

It was unclear if the new recruits, who were in a truck,
were killed by a roadside bomb or if a suicide car bomber
had rammed into their vehicle.

The recruits were Sunni Arabs from western Anbar province
who had just joined the Iraqi security forces.


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Source: Reuters

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, July 8
08 Jul 2007 09:57:08 GMT

July 8 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq
at 0950 GMT on Sunday:

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BAGHDAD - A bomb blast killed 17 new Iraqi army recruits and
wounded 20 others while they were travelling to Baghdad,
police said.

BAGHDAD - Six people were killed and seven wounded by a car
bomb in Karrada, a busy Shi'ite area in central Baghdad.

BAGHDAD - Two people were killed by a car bomb in Jadriya, a
southern district of Baghdad near the al-Hamra hotel, which is
popular with westerners, police said.

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Also: Iraq town digs for bodies after bomb kills 150 - Reuters

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1. Suicide bomber kills 23 Iraqi army recruits -police

Source: Reuters

Suicide bomber kills 23 Iraqi army recruits -police
08 Jul 2007 10:24:40 GMT
Source: Reuters

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BAGHDAD, July 8 (Reuters) - A suicide truck bomber killed
23 new Iraqi army recruits and wounded 27 others on
Sunday when he rammed into their truck while they were
travelling on a road south of Baghdad, police and an army
official said.

They said the incident took place near the town of Haswa.

The recruits were Sunni Arabs from western Anbar province
who had just joined Iraq's security forces. They had been
at a recruitment centre in the town of Falluja earlier in
the day.

Tribal leaders in Anbar have rounded up thousands of young
men to join local security forces to fight Sunni Islamist
al Qaeda in the province.

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