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Baghdad police chief survives bomb attack
06 Jan 2007 08:03:35 GMT
Source: Reuters
•  Iraq in turmoil

BAGHDAD, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The chief of the Baghdad police, Major General Ali Yasser, survived a car bomb attack on his motorcade in the centre of the Iraqi capital on Saturday, sources at police headquarters said.

The explosion in a parked car in the commercial Karrada district killed one bystander and wounded three others, as well as wounding three policemen. The police chief, who has been targeted before, was not hurt.


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