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BAGHDAD, Oct 26 (KUNA) -- Nine Iraqis were injured in two separate bomb
explosions in east and northern Baghdad on Sunday, Iraqi police sources said.
Sources told KUNA that a bomb exploded at the municipalities intersection,
eastern Baghdad, as a police patrol was passing, causing the injury of four
police officers and serious damage to their vehicle.
Meanwhile in Northern Baghdad, a bomb exploded near the Ministry of Health,
injuring five employees.
The blasts coincided with Iraqi official statements that claimed improved
security conditions, which contradicts the Coalition forces' reading of the
situation on the ground. The latter uses the adjective "fragile".(end)
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