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Archive for September 19th, 2008

PAKISTAN: Five students killed by blast in Pakistani madrasa

Posted by warvictims on September 19, 2008

by REUTERS

QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – An explosion killed five students at an Islamic school near the Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday, police said. Read the rest of this entry »

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IRAQ: Iraqis protest U.S. air strike that killed at least 7

Posted by warvictims on September 19, 2008

by Stephen Farrell
International Herald Tribune

BAGHDAD: Iraqis protested the deaths of at least seven people during an American air strike in northern Iraq on Friday, in the town where Saddam Hussein was captured in 2003. Read the rest of this entry »

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SOMALIA: Nine civilians killed in Mogadishu mortar battle: witnesses

Posted by warvictims on September 19, 2008

by AFP

MOGADISHU (AFP) — Nine Somali civilians were killed Friday when insurgents fire mortar shells on Mogadishu airport, drawing retaliatory fire from African peacekeepers, witnesses told AFP. Read the rest of this entry »

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