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Baghdad Bombs Kill 2 GIs, 2 Children
By JIM KRANE, Associated Press Writer
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Also Saturday night, bombs destroyed four liquor stores in the northern city of Kirkuk. Islamic militants have carried out similar attacks in the past since alcohol is forbidden under Islamic law.
On Sunday, hundreds of mourners joined the funeral procession for victims of the biggest rebel attack since Saddam Hussein was captured Dec. 13. Suicide bombers and assailants with mortars and grenade launchers blasted two coalition military bases and the governor's office in the Shiite Muslim holy city of Karbala on Saturday.
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Also Sunday, five Iraqis wounded in the attacks died, the Polish news agency PAP reported, quoting Iraqi health official Saad al-Nasrawi. More than 170 people, mostly civilians, were wounded.
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Separately, France's defense minister, Michele Alliot-Marie, said Sunday the United States has "finally realized the complexity" of the situation in Iraq, including the need to transfer control to Iraqis quickly.
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