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BAGHDAD, Feb 20 (KUNA) -- Iraqi Deputy Minister of Science and Technology
Samir al-Attar and two of his bodyguards were wounded by a roadside bomb
explosion near his two-vehicle convoy in Baghdad's eastern neighborhood of
Zayouna, the police said.
Meanwhile in eastern Baghdad, two people were injured during a roadside
bomb explosion near the al-Shaab Stadium intersection, the police said.
Violence persists in Baghdad despite the announcement of a steep drop of
violence by U.S. and Iraqi officials as a result of a major security plan
aimed at checking the insurgency and sectarian strife in the capital. (end)
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