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Iraqi car bomb kills 23 in Kirkuk

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3668098.stm


In other developments:

A senior Iraqi oil official, Mohammed Zibari, survives an assassination attempt in Mosul, but five of his bodyguards are killed, police say
A roadside bomb in Baghdad, kills one person and wounds two others, police say
In Baquba, nine people are reported injured when a mortar shell is fired at a crowd of parents and schoolchildren awaiting exam results at a school
British troops clash with supporters of cleric Moqtada Sadr in Basra for a second day
Arab Shia leader Sheikh Kadhim al-Hany is ambushed and killed in Kirkuk, police say

But hey! as long as our commander in chief is happy, who cares..

Bush 'pleased with the progress' in Iraq
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/09/18/bush.iraq/index.html