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Bombs In Baghdad Kill At Least 17
September 07, 2006
Mahmud al-Mashhadani, speaker of the Iraqi parliament, whose nephew was kidnapped on September 6 (file photo) (epa)
The bombs targeted police patrols and occurred within about three hours of each other.
Meanwhile, officials say the nephew of the speaker of parliament, Mahmud al-Mashhadani, was kidnapped by unidentified gunmen.
They said Ahmed al-Mashhadani was snatched September 6 in northern Baghdad.
(AP, Reuters)