Iraq attacks kill nine

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Bomb and gun attacks in Iraq have killed nine people, including a mayor, four soldiers and two family members of a Shiite cleric, and wounded 29 others, security officials said on Wednesday. A car bomb targeted an Iraqi army patrol in Al-Zuhour neighbourhood, killing three soldiers and wounding three civilians in Mosul in Iraqs north, a first lieutenant in the Mosul police said. Another car bomb exploded ... in the same neighborhood, killing two civilians and wounding 16, he said, adding that the bombs went off at about 9:00 am (0600 GMT).

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