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Article: Bomb takes out bridge
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- October 18, 2009
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BAGHDAD -- A suicide bomber driving a dynamite-laden truck
destroyed a key bridge Saturday on a highway used by the departing
U.S. military, while separate attacks killed nine Iraqis, most of
them security force members, police said.
There were no casualties in the blast that destroyed the bridge
outside the city of Ramadi, which is about 70 miles (125 kilometers)
west of Baghdad, said a local police officer. The highway is used
heavily by the U.S. military to transport equipment out of the
country, and is also a major roadway for civilian traffic.
The highway links Iraq to neighboring Syria and Jordan, where
many Iraqis fled to escape sectarian violence.
Also Saturday, an attack on an Iraqi ...