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16/02/2004
Two soldiers and one child die in Iraqi bomb attacks
At least three people have been killed today as a result of separate attacks in and around the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
Two US troops died and five were injured in separate bomb attacks, and an Iraqi child died following a blast at a primary school.
The rebels struck this morning when a patrol led by the US Armored Division was hit by a roadside bomb in the capital. One soldier died and another was injured.
A short time later, a second soldier was killed and four wounded when their patrol was targeted in Baquba, 35 miles north of Baghdad. Several arrests were made in a follow up operation.
Elsewhere in Baghdad, it has been reported that one child was killed and three others were injured when an explosion ripped through a primary school in a predominantly Shia area of the city.
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Two US troops died and five were injured in separate bomb attacks, and an Iraqi child died following a blast at a primary school.
The rebels struck this morning when a patrol led by the US Armored Division was hit by a roadside bomb in the capital. One soldier died and another was injured.
A short time later, a second soldier was killed and four wounded when their patrol was targeted in Baquba, 35 miles north of Baghdad. Several arrests were made in a follow up operation.
Elsewhere in Baghdad, it has been reported that one child was killed and three others were injured when an explosion ripped through a primary school in a predominantly Shia area of the city.
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