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Iraq December death toll down despite wave of unrest

An Iraqi police truck tows away a taxi after it was damaged in an explosion in the Karada district of Baghdad, December 31, 2012. Deadly violence in Iraq dropped to near its lowest levels of 2012 in December, figures compiled by AFP showed on Tuesday, despite a wave of attacks a day earlier which killed 23 people. Photo: AFP.

Deadly violence in Iraq dropped to near its lowest levels of 2012 in December, figures compiled by AFP showed on Tuesday, despite a wave of attacks a day earlier which killed 23 people. Overall, 139 people were killed across the country last month, including 40 policemen and 15 soldiers, and…

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Iraqi general among three dead in new attacks

Iraqi policeman via AFP

Gunmen shot dead an Iraqi border forces brigadier general on Monday, among three people killed and six wounded in nationwide violence, security and medical officials said. Brigadier General Abdul Hussein Mohsen was gunned down by several armed men while he was in the town of Taji, just north of Baghdad,…

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Baghdad pet market bombs kill five: officials

Baghdad pet market via AFP

Three near-simultaneous bomb blasts at a pet market in east Baghdad killed five people on Friday, officials said, just hours after an attack in the city’s southeast left five dead. The explosions, which occurred at around 7:00 am (0400 GMT) in the Maamal area, also wounded at least 31 other…

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