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Bus bombings south of Baghdad kill 20

Source: SAMAA
Baghdad : Iraq | 3 months ago  
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BAGHDAD: Bombs planted on two minibuses killed 20 people and wounded 10 near the usually quiet southern Iraqi town of Kut on Monday, police sources in Baghdad said. The buses were on their way to Kut, a mainly Shi'ite Muslim area 150 km (95 miles) southeast of Baghdad, from Baghdad, one police source in...
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  • News Source: BBC | 3 months ago
    The bombs were attached to the buses and exploded about half an hour apart, one report said. Kut is in a mainly Shia Muslim area some 150km (95 miles) south-east of the capital, Baghdad. The attack there comes days after a double truck bombing in...
  • News Source: Al Jazeera | 3 months ago
    Bombs on two buses in southern Iraq have exploded, killing at least 10 people and injuring another 25. Police said that all of the casualties in Monday's blasts in the city of Kut, 175km southeast of Baghdad, were civilians. Mohammed Fadhil, a...
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  • News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation | 3 months ago
    49:00 Updated August 25, 2009 00:48:00 At least 10 people were killed and 19 wounded when bombs exploded on two buses near Iraq's southern city of Kut, a police officer said.
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