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Posted on Wed, Jan. 21, 2009

Round-up of Daily Violence in Iraq - Wednesday 21 January 2009

Laith Hammoudi and Hussein Kadhim | McClatchy Newspapers

last updated: January 21, 2009 02:16:51 PM

The daily Iraqi violence report is compiled by McClatchy Newspapers Special Correspondents in Baghdad from police, military and medical reports. This is not a comprehensive list of all violence in Iraq, much of which goes unreported. It’s posted without editing as transmitted to McClatchy’s Washington Bureau.

Baghdad

- Four civilians were killed and 10 others were injured by a parked car bomb that targeted a convoy of Zeyad al Ani, the President of the Islamic University in Adhemiyah neighborhood in northern Baghdad around 12 p.m. Two of al Ani's guards were among the injured.

Nineveh

- Gunmen killed a broker when they attacked him inside his office in downtown Mosul. Also a civilian was injured in the incident.

Kirkuk

- A roadside bomb detonated near Al-Noor mosque in eastern Kirkuk city in the morning. One person was killed and another was wounded.

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