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Quetzal

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Sat Apr-17-04 05:22 AM
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Blasts heard in central Baghdad

Blasts heard in central Baghdad

BAGHDAD, April 17 (Reuters) - A series of blasts rang out across Baghdad on Saturday, and witnesses saw smoke rising from a central commercial district.

The U.S. military said it had no immediate information about the explosions.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/OB726956.htm

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Judi Lynn

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Sat Apr-17-04 05:47 AM
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1. This might be connected!

Iraqi officer injured in convoy attack

Saturday 17 April 2004, 10:56 Makka Time, 7:56 GMT

A bomb apparently aimed at a US patrol has exploded in central Baghdad, injuring an Iraqi policeman.

According to Aljazeera's correspondent, witnesses said an explosive device hit a convoy of Land Cruisers in which Iraqi policemen or intelligence officers were driving. They subsequently opened fire in the area.

Witnesses told Reuters the bomb had been placed under a pile of bricks across the street from a pharmacy.
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Columns of smoke were seen rising from the site.
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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/3C4312DA-9ADD-4D4D-A972-68153FBCA56E.htm

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izzie

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Sat Apr-17-04 05:48 AM
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2. Do you think all this modern music has dulled the US armies hearing?

I do not think they ever hear these things. I wonder about them.

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Sat Apr-17-04 06:10 AM
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3. it might be this

One dead in Iraqi mortar attack
From correspondents in Baghdad
17apr04
A SUDANESE national was killed today when mortar rounds struck near two Baghdad hotels used by security guards employed by the US-led coalition and foreign journalists, a witness said.

"A round fell near a security checkpoint leading to the two hotels, killing a Sudanese guard of one the nearby buildings," witness Mohammed Abdel Karim said.

Another round exploded in the same sector, damaging a car and nearby homes.

http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,9310732%255E1702,00.html

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