SgtJim
03-14-2011, 10:19 AM
from voa,af,afp,reuters,xinhua and more
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A suicide bomber has attacked a military base in eastern Iraq, killing at least nine Iraqi soldiers and wounding 14 others.
Officials said the bomber drove a truck laden with explosives past a checkpoint at the base in Diyala province Monday, setting off the blast outside an army building.
The explosion damaged several buildings at the base, which is located in the town of Kanaan about 70 kilometers northeast of the capital, Baghdad.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for Monday's attack.
Groups affiliated with al-Qaida have been blamed for previous attacks in the province.
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other news agencies version:
Eleven soldiers were killed and over 25 others were wounded Monday in a suicide car bomb attack in eastern Iraq, Xinhua reported.
The attack took place in the town of Kan'an, 20 km east of the Diyala provincial capital of Baquba.
A provincial police official confirmed the fatalities. The suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into the compound of a government building in Kan'an, he said requesting anonymity. Twenty-nine people were wounded.
The security forces have, meanwhile, cordoned off the blast site and the dead and the injured were brought to the main hospital in Baquba, 65 km northeast of Baghdad.
Diyala province has been a stronghold of the Al Qaeda terrorist network in Iraq.
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A suicide bomber has attacked a military base in eastern Iraq, killing at least nine Iraqi soldiers and wounding 14 others.
Officials said the bomber drove a truck laden with explosives past a checkpoint at the base in Diyala province Monday, setting off the blast outside an army building.
The explosion damaged several buildings at the base, which is located in the town of Kanaan about 70 kilometers northeast of the capital, Baghdad.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for Monday's attack.
Groups affiliated with al-Qaida have been blamed for previous attacks in the province.
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other news agencies version:
Eleven soldiers were killed and over 25 others were wounded Monday in a suicide car bomb attack in eastern Iraq, Xinhua reported.
The attack took place in the town of Kan'an, 20 km east of the Diyala provincial capital of Baquba.
A provincial police official confirmed the fatalities. The suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into the compound of a government building in Kan'an, he said requesting anonymity. Twenty-nine people were wounded.
The security forces have, meanwhile, cordoned off the blast site and the dead and the injured were brought to the main hospital in Baquba, 65 km northeast of Baghdad.
Diyala province has been a stronghold of the Al Qaeda terrorist network in Iraq.