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Female suicide bomber kills 3, wounds 12 in green zone

November 24, 2008 - 08:14:05

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: A female suicide bomber’s attack left three people killed and 12 others wounded at the entrance of central Baghdad’s heavily-fortified green zone on Monday morning, a senior security official said.

“A mentally-retarded female suicide bomber was detonated by means of remote control near a checkpoint at the entrance of the green zone in central Baghdad’s al-Karada district,” Maj. General Qassem Atta, the official spokesman for the Baghdad Operations Command (BOC), told Aswat al-Iraq.

“The attack left three killed and 12 others injured,” Atta said.

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