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A suicide attacker detonated a massive car bomb yesterday at a checkpoint near the British Embassy and the interim Iraqi government's headquarters in Baghdad, killing 11 people and wounding 40, including a US soldier, authorities said
Hours earlier, the Philippines said it had begun withdrawing its troops from Iraq, capitulating to militants who threatened to kill a Filipino hostage if its tiny contingent was not out by July 20. Underscoring the urgency of the Philippines' predicament, militants in Iraq said they had killed a captive Bulgarian truck driver and threatened to put another Bulgarian hostage to death in 24 hours, Al- Jazeera television reported.See the full content of this document
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Suicide Bomber Kills 11 Near British Checkpoint
Yesterday's explosion shook buildings throughout central Baghdad when a suicide bomber detonated a car packed with 1,000 poun...
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