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| Iraq |
| Eight killed in attack on Iraqi army patrol |
| 2006-10-08 |
| Eight people were killed early Saturday in northern Iraq when a suicide car bomber hit an Iraqi army checkpoint. The suicide bomber hit the checkpoint at 8:45 a.m. (0545 GMT) in the northern city of Tal Afar, 420 kilometers (260 miles) northwest of Baghdad, said Mosul police Col. Abdel-Karim al-Jubouri. Four soldiers and four civilians were killed in the attack, and another six people were wounded. |
| Posted by:Fred |