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Archive - May 4, 2005
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
Wed, 05/04/2005 - 17:4129:01 minutes (26.57 MB)
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Suicide Bombing in Northern Iraq
A suicide bomber hit a police station in the Kurdish city of Irbil in northern Iraq. It is the largest explosion in the normally peaceful town in over a year. 50 people were killed and 150 wounded in the blast. Political analysts say the planned attack is an attempt to intimidate Kurds. The Kurds have enjoyed a well-established government in the north since more than a decade ago the U.S. instituted the no-fly zone in Iraq. Kurds from the north have been fighting along side U.S. troops during the occupation and gained more political power in the new, intermingled Iraqi
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