Car bomb in Iraq kills 4 people, wounds 27

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Source: CNN

BAGHDAD (CNN) — A parked car bomb that blew up Tuesday outside a northern Iraq restaurant patronized by police officers killed four people and wounded 27, an Interior Ministry official said.

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The U.S. military, which confirmed the attack, said that while insurgents are attempting to operate in the area, “overall attacks have decreased dramatically.”



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3 killed in brothel attack, others in Sadr City clashes

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) Officials in Iraq are reporting that three women have been slain in an attack on a brothel in northern Iraq.

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There's been a string of morality-related attacks on women in Iraq, including the bombings of hair salons and murders of women not wearing traditional garb.

Meanwhile, hospital officials say at least four Iraqis died overnight after clashes in Baghdad's Sadr City. Some 21 people were wounded. The sprawling slum has been the site of fierce fighting between the Mahdi Army militia and U.S. and Iraqi troops.


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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, May 6 06 May 2008 14:19:11 GMT
Source: Reuters
* TIKRIT - A bomb in a parked car killed at least four people and wounded 21 in Tikrit, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

* MOSUL - A roadside bomb hit an Iraqi army patrol, killing one soldier and wounding two in western Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

* MOSUL - Two militants accidentally blew themselves up trying to place a bomb on a road south of Mosul, police said.

* BAGHDAD - The Iraqi army arrested 97 militants in various parts of Iraq in the previous 24 hours, the Defence Ministry said.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed Ayad Hamza, the deputy director of Nahrain University in charge of sciences, and wounded his two sons in a drive-by shooting on Sunday in Mansour district, western Baghdad, an Education Ministry spokeswoman said.

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