- BAGHDAD -- A bomb blast outside
a court in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Tuesday wounded six people -
including two policemen - as United States soldiers were bringing prisoners
out of the building.
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- Police said the other wounded were prisoners, brought
to the Baghdad Court of Appeal in the city centre on charges such as murder
and stealing. The blast left a crater more than two feet deep in the pavement
and shattered windows in the court.
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- No American soldiers were wounded, witnesses said.
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- "The explosion went off as they (US soldiers) were
bringing the prisoners out of the building," said Abdullah Mohammad,
a witness.
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- Police said the prisoners were from the Abu Ghraib prison,
a large jail on the western edge of Baghdad.
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- Numerous bomb attacks have hit Baghdad in recent months
as guerrillas step up a campaign against US-led occupation forces and Iraqis
seen as supporting the US-led coalition, such as the police.
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