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The War Profiteers - War Crimes,
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September 18th,
2009 - Iraq Car Bomb Kills Seven |
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From Agence France Presse September 18, 2009 Baghdad - Seven people were
killed and 21 others wounded by a car bomb just outside Baghdad on Friday
evening, a security official said. The bomb exploded in the
town of Mahmudiyah, south of Baghdad, at around 6:00 pm (1500 GMT) in a
popular market as people were shopping for food to break the fast during the
Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The town lies within a
confessionally mixed region known as the Triangle of Death because of the
frequency of insurgent attacks during the worst of Iraq's insurgency in the
wake of the 2003 US-led invasion. The number of violent deaths
in Iraq hit a 13-month high in August, raising fresh concerns about stability
after the government admitted that security is worsening. Government statistics showed
that 456 people - 393 civilians, 48 police and 15 Iraqi soldiers - were
killed. That was the highest monthly toll since July 2008, when 465 died. Copyright © 2009 AFP. External link: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5izpKgraY2cqQo-0khXecaJyIO3uQ |