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| Iraq |
| 2 killed in Baghdad's violence |
| 2010-08-25 |
| (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed and two others maimed in gunfire and bomb attacks in Storied Baghdad on Tuesday, an Interior Ministry source said. Unidentified gunnies carrying pistols fitted with silencers rubbed out Ahmed Hassan, a member of the quiet city council of Sadr City district when they opened fire on him at his house in Baghdad's Shiite district of Sadr City, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. In a separate incident, a leader of a government-backed militia group, Sahwa group, was killed when a magnetic bomb attached to his car detonated in Baghdad's southwestern district of Radhwaniyah, the source said. Also in the capital, two people were maimed in a bomb explosion in Ghazaliyah district in western Baghdad, the source added. Violence and insecurity still prevail in Iraqi cities as the U. S. military said earlier in the day that its troops have dropped to below 50,000 in Iraq ahead of the August 31 deadline for the U. S. troops to end combat operations and turn to conduct support and training missions. |
| Posted by:Fred |