Explosion Kills 8 Troops In Diyala Province
August 11 2010
A explosion took place early Wednesday morning during an Iraqi military raid in the northern Diyala province, killing eight soldiers and wounding four, reports Reuters.
The soldiers were attacking a house in the town of Sadiya when the bomb went off, police said. The explosion caused the building to collapse.
Interior Ministry officials said that the troops were fired on from the house. Police said the soldiers were acting on a tip that hostages from a kidnapping were being...
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