Car bomb wounds 25 in central Baghdad
(AP)
Updated: 2006-04-24 14:50
A car bomb targeting an Iraqi police patrol exploded in central Baghdad on
Monday, wounding 25 people, police said.
An Iraqi soldier directs traffic at a
checkpoint in Baghdad April 22, 2006.
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They said the blast occurred near the Ministry of Health. There were no
further details.
The attack, which followed a rocket blast that killed seven people on Sunday,
comes as Prime Minister-designate Jawad al- Maliki starts the daunting task of
forming a national unity government that many see as the best way to avert civil
war.
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