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    Anti-terror chief among seven killed in Iraq blasts

    Thu, 01/07/2010 - 06:25 EDT - France24.com - Business

    Coordinated bombings early Thursday shattered the homes of four police officers in the western Iraqi town of Heet, killing seven people including the town's anti-terror chief, an official said.Six people were wounded in the blasts.Attackers planted explosives around the bedrooms of the policemen in the town, 60 kilometres (35 miles) west of the Anbar provincial capital of Ramadi, said Lieutenant Colonel Fadhil Nimrawi, the head of the town's emergency response unit.

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