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Bomb kills Iraqi soldier, wounds 10 in Baghdad
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A roadside bomb blew up as an Iraqi army patrol passed by in Baghdad on Thursday, killing one soldier and wounding 10 two days after US troops pulled out of cities and handed security to their local counterparts, police said.
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The bomb was the first in Baghdad, police said, since Tuesday's partial US withdrawal, a day labeled "National Sovereignty Day" by Iraqi authorities elated at what they see as a major step to shaking off a foreign occupation. The pullback from urban centers is a major milestone in a bilateral security agreement that calls for the last of the US soldiers who invaded Iraq in 2003 to topple Saddam Hussein to leave the country by the end of 2011. The blast on Thursday took place in the Abu Nawas area of central Baghdad during the morning rush hour. Police said there had not been a single bombing in the Iraqi capital on Wednesday, the first day the security of the inner city became entirely the responsibility of Iraqi police and troops. They said some checkpoints had been lifted on Thursday and some blocked roads opened up. It was not immediately possible to verify the claim that the bomb was the first but no major incidents were reported in Baghdad on Wednesday.
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REUTERS
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Benzer Haberler 
World
