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Civilian killed, 14 wounded in Iraq's violence

Society Materials 30 August 2009 14:19 (UTC +04:00)

A civilian was killed and 14 people were wounded in bomb attacks in Baghdad and Diyala province on Sunday, a well-informed police source said, Xinhua reported.
   A civilian was killed and five others injured in a roadside bomb explosion at a main road in Baghdad's eastern district of Kamaliyah, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
   Three more people were wounded in a bomb explosion at a popular market in Baghdad's southern district of Doura, the source said.
   In the volatile province of Diyala, in northeast of Baghdad, five policemen and a civilian were wounded when a roadside bomb struck a police patrol in the provincial capital of Baquba, some 65 km northeast of the Iraqi capital, the source added.
   Diyala province, which stretches from the eastern edges of Baghdad to the Iranian border east of the country, has long been a stronghold for insurgent groups since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 despite repeated U.S. and Iraqi military operations against them.
   Sporadic attacks continue in Iraqi cities despite the U.S. and Iraqi officials announced a relative lull in violence during the past months.

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