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9 persons killed, injured in Diala

September 24, 2008 - 12:15:00

DIALA / Aswat al-Iraq: Three persons were killed and six others were wounded on Wednesday in separate incidents in Diala, a security source said.
“A policeman was killed and another one was injured during a security raid in al-Rasoul village in Khan Bani Saad district in south of Baaquba,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.
The same source said that a policeman was killed and five were injured in an armed attack on a checkpoint near al-Uthmaniya village on the road between Baaquba and Baghdad.
“A school guard was killed by a suspected al-Qaeda armed group in al-Abara district in Baaquba,” he added.
Diala province, a mix of Sunnis and Shiites, extends to the northeast of Baghdad as far as the Iranian border. Its capital is Baaquba, 57 km northeast of Baghdad. It covers an area of 17,685 square kilometers (6,828 sq mi).
A large portion of the province is drained by the Diala River, a major tributary of the Tigris.
Because of its proximity to two major sources of water, Diala’s main industry is agriculture, primarily dates grown in large Date Palm groves. It is also recognized as the orange capital of the Middle East.
In January 2008 Operation Phantom Phoenix was launched in an attempt to eradicate the remnants of al-Qaeda network following the Diala province campaign between 2006 and 2007.

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