Round-up of Daily Violence in Iraq - Wednesday 3 June 2009

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By laith Hammoudi | McClatchy Newspapers

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

Nine civilians were killed and 31 others were wounded when a bomb detonated inside a caf� in Shurta alRabi'a (Shurta 4th ) in west Baghdad around 9 p.m.

Three civilians were injured by a roadside bomb in Doura area south Baghdad around 8:30 p.m.

Nineveh

Gunmen driving motorcycles opened fire upon police checkpoint in Zinjili area in west Mosul on Wednesday afternoon killing one policeman and injuring another.

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