- Title: IRAQ: Roadside bombs in Baghdad kill one civilian and wound 13 others
- Date: 10th November 2007
- Summary: (BN07) BALADIYAT DISTRICT, BAGHDAD, IRAQ (NOVEMBER 10, 2007) (REUTERS) CARS DRIVING THROUGH STREET IN BALADIYAT AREA OF EASTERN BAGHDAD VARIOUS OF CRATER DOOR OF KIOSK RIDDLED WITH SHRAPNEL HOLES (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) ABU ALI, A WITNESS SAYING: "We heard an explosion and we went out to see what happened. We found two vehicles (damaged), one was loaded with building labourer
- Embargoed: 25th November 2007 12:00
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- Location: Iraq
- Country: Iraq
- Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement,War / Fighting
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- Story Text: At least two roadside bombs went off next to civilians in two separate areas of Baghdad on Saturday (November 10), killing one civilian and wounding 13 others, police said.
The first bomb exploded in al-Tayaran square of central Baghdad wounded three civilians, police said. The other bomb went off next to a minibus in eastern Baghdad district of al-Baladiyat, killing one civilian and wounding ten others, police added.
"We heard an explosion and we went out to see what happened. We found two vehicles (damaged), one was loaded with building labourers and the other one was loaded with passengers. One labourer was killed and other civilians were wounded," said Abu Ali who was near blast scene.
Baghdad has witnesses a reduction in violence over the past few months.
U.S. forces in Baghdad, said al Qaeda in Iraq no longer had a foothold in any part of the city of seven million people. The group is blamed for most big car bombings. Death squad killings in Baghdad were also down 80 percent from their peak while roadside bombings had fallen 70 percent. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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