Six killed, 10 hurt in Iraq car bomb blast

Published: Aug. 16, 2008 at 6:35 AM
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BAGHDAD, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Iraqi officials said six people were killed and 10 wounded Saturday by a car bomb blast in a mainly Shiite Baghdad neighborhood.

A spokesman for the county's interior ministry told CNN the blast happened in Baghdad's Shaab district as pilgrims were heading to the city of Karbala for a religious festival.


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