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Two Bombs Kill 5 in Iraqi Pet Market

Friday, June 02, 2006

BAGHDAD, Iraq —  Two bombs struck in quick succession at a pet market Friday morning in central Baghdad, killing at least five people and wounding 57, police said.

The explosives were left in a bag at the al-Ghazil market, where Iraqis can go every Friday to buy dogs, birds, snakes and other animals. Five people were killed and 57 wounded, some seriously, Lt. Ahmed Muhammad Ali said.

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About 10 minutes later, an explosion near a Shiite mosque in the eastern Baghdad neighborhood of Jadida killed two civilians and injured five, according to Lt. Ali Abbas. The bomb exploded near a shelter across the street from the Husseiniyat al-Abbas mosque, he said.

A roadside bomb also targeted a patrol in the Mansour district in western Baghdad, wounding two policemen and damaging their vehicle, Lt. Maitham Abdul Razzaq said.

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In northern Iraq late Thursday, police said gunmen opened fire on Col. Ziyad Tariq, deputy-commander of the oil protection force in Kirkuk, killing him and a bodyguard and wounding another bodyguard as they left a restaurant, police Brig. Sarhat Qadir said.

He also said a maintenance unit from the oil protection force was attacked by gunmen southwest of Kirkuk and two members were wounded.

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