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Blast near gas station kills three people in Iraq BAGHDAD, March 29 (KUNA) -- A booby-trapped car bomb blew up southwest of the Iraqi capital on Thursday killing three people, police said.
Police said the bomb went off close to a gas station in Al-Amel district, adding that four people were also wounded in the blast.
Iraqi authorities, with backing of the allies, have been struggling to restore peace and security to the country since 2003, when the former Baath regime was ousted.
Since then, a cocktail of gunmen, including members of the defunct regime, has been waging a bloody campaign. Up to more than one million people are said to have lost their lives in the ongoing violence. (end) ah.rk KUNA 291017 Mar 07NNNN