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Baghdad suicide bombing kills at least 5: police
by Staff Writers
Baghdad (AFP) Jan 13, 2018


A suicide bomb attack near a security checkpoint in the Iraqi capital killed at least five people on Saturday, a police officer said.

The officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, had earlier gave an "initial toll of three people killed and 11 wounded" in the attack.

The Baghdad military command said the suicide bomber targeted a checkpoint near Aden Square in northern Baghdad.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but most such attacks in Iraq are the work of the Islamic State jihadist group.

In December, the government announced the "end of the war" against IS, which has been expelled from the Baghdad region and urban areas of Iraq that it controlled.

Jihadist elements are still active, however, north of Baghdad.

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Along the waterfront of the Euphrates River in Iraq's war-torn Mosul, gaping holes in hotel walls reveal little but enormous heaps of rubble. Six months since Iraqi forces seized the country's second city from Islamic State group jihadists, human remains still rot in front of the Al-Nuri mosque. The building, denuded of its iconic minaret and largely reduced to ruins by the fighting, wa ... read more

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