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Baghdad Car Bomb Kills 12 Iraqis, Wounds 13 Others, AFP Reports

June 13 (Bloomberg) -- Twelve people were killed and thirteen others wounded in an attack on an Iraqi police patrol in the capital, Agence France-Presse reported, citing an unidentified U.S. military spokeswoman.

Four policemen are among those killed in a car bomb, detonated southeast of Baghdad, said the spokesman, the agency reported.

Unidentified gunmen today also shot dead Kamal Jarrah, an official in Iraq's Education Ministry, outside his home in the city. Bassam Kubba, the undersecretary for international relations in the Foreign Ministry, was killed by gunmen yesterday.

(AFP 6-13)

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Last Updated: June 13, 2004 04:23 EDT

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