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Fifteen Killed in Baghdad Mortar Attack

February 26, 2006

Text of report by Dubai-based news channel Al-Arabiya TV on 26 February

A total of 15 Iraqis were killed and 45 others wounded in a mortar attack on Al-Dawrah Suburb, southern Baghdad.

Meanwhile, the curfew imposed on the Iraqi capital Baghdad and other cities remains in effect for the third consecutive day in a bid by the government to contain the security crisis, which has been escalating since the Samarra incidents.