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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070625/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraqSurge of suicide blasts in Iraq kill 27By BUSHRA JUHI, Associated Press Writer
3 minutes ago
BAGHDAD - Suicide bombers
struck a central Baghdad hotel and
four other targets across Iraq on Monday, in a surge of attacks that left at least 27 people dead, authorities reported.
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The attack was the fifth in a string of suicide and other bombings, from Mosul and Beiji in the north to Hillah in the south. Two were aimed at U.S. targets, but no U.S. casualties were reported.
The deadliest occurred at a police station in Beiji, 155 miles north of Baghdad, at 8:30 a.m., when at least nine civilians were killed and 21 others wounded, police and medical officials reported.
American troops share the post with the local police, on the main road in central Beiji. One wounded man said random gunfire came from the building after the blast. "I was at the grocery market when the explosion occurred and I ran with others to the site to see if there were any casualties and I was shot by fire from police station," said Khalaf Salim, 40.
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