Saturday, November 8, 2008

NINE CIVILIANS KILLED IN ATTACKS IN IRAQ

Nine civillians killed in attacks in Iraq
Indo-Asian News Service
Sunday, November 09, 2008 (Baghdad )


http://arabia.ndtv.com/Story.aspx?pageheader=news&sub_category=&ID=NEWEN20080071861

Nine civilians were killed and many injured on Saturday in violent attacks in Iraq. Eight people were killed and 22 injured in twin blasts in al-Ramadi city.The attacks took place as two suicide bombers blew themselves up near a police station in the capital of al-Anbar province, about 110 km west of Baghdad, a news agency reported.Earlier, one person was killed and seven were injured in a bomb blast in northern Baghdad, the police said.In a separate incident, a prominent Al-Qaida leader was killed north of the Iraqi capital in an operation by Iraqi forces, Sahwa fighters and coalition forces, a US army statement said on Saturday.The statement said that Abu Ghazwan was killed on Thursday in the Tarmiyah area and described him as "a key link in the network operations for the Al-Qaida in Iraq".

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