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Monday, August 9, 2010

Dozens killed in Iraq-explosions

Mohammed Tawfeeq offer CNN story HIGHLIGHTSInvestigators blastsA conflicting statements to be entered in the car bomb explosion in central Iraq kills two civiliansA 5-year-old girl is one of the woundedRELATED TOPICSIraq-Baghdad, Iraq (CNN)--at least thirty-six people were killed and 100 injured when three explosions struck central Basra, police officials said Sunday. Researchers have offered contradictory statements before firing, which struck a large energy generator in a busy market on Saturday. Basra Police Chief gen. Nobility Daham said that it is not clear whether the explosion was a terrorist attack or the result of an electrical spark or malfunction. Other police officers had a different account for the power generator blast, tying it directly to a bomb. Conflicting reports on incidents in Iraq. Meanwhile, in central Iraq, two civilians were killed and three others wounded Sunday morning when a car bomb exploded in North-East Falluja, police said. A 5-year-old girl was one of the injured. In a separate attack, gunmen opened fire on a car in Central Fallujah and critically injured in addition to the driver, police said. The attacks were the latest in a series of violence in and around the Sunni city of about 60 km (37 km) West of Baghdad in Anbar province. On Saturday, several bombs exploded in the House of a local leader with the Council Awakening Garma, to kill his son and wounding of two other family members, according to the police. That day also multiple bombs exploded in the House of a police officer, wounding four members of his family in Garma--is situated at 7 km (4.3 miles) outside Fallujah. Amriyat In al-Falluja, about 15 km (9.3 miles) West of Falluja, gunmen opened fire on a police checkpoint Saturday, killing one policeman and injuring three others.

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