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IED that targeted pilgrims dismantled in Baghdad

July 16, 2009 - 05:30:05

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: An anti-bomb squad personnel on Thursday defused an improvised explosive device (IED) in eastern Baghdad, an Iraqi police source said.

“Intelligence tip-offs have led a team of explosives experts to dismantle an IED planted near the al-Jaysh canal in eastern Baghdad,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“The IED was supposed to target pilgrims visiting the shrine of Imam Musa bin Jaafar,” the source added.

He did not give more details.

AmR (P)

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