Iraqi National Guard patrol hit by car bomb in central Iraq

  • 12/15/2022
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Baghdad, Nov 4, SPA -- An Iraqi National Guard patrol washit Thursday by a car bomb in central Iraq, killing at least three people, Iraqi officials said. An officer in the National Guard, who declined to give hisname, said four guardsmen were seriously injured in theattack in Iskandariyah, an insurgent hot spot 48 kilometers(30 miles) south of Baghdad. Dr. Abdel Razaq al-Janabi, director of IskandiriyahHospital, said three people had been killed and a total of15 others injured, including the guardsmen. Some 800 British troops have been redeployed to that areasouth of the capital to take over security responsibilitiesfrom U.S. troops who are being moved to prepare for a massassault on the main insurgent stronghold of Fallujah, westof Baghdad.--SPA1312 Local Time 1012 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/215354

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