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A bus bound for Baghdad Airport hit by militiamen

Baghdad, Iraq - Some 25 employees of the Iraqi capital air station would have been on board

A bus bound for Baghdad Airport would have been attacked by a group of not better identified armed men this morning. The commando would have surrounded the vehicle in a quarter of Iraqi capital suburbia, firing with several automatic weapons against the bus. Hospital sources would talk about at least four dead and sevral wounded persons. The persons involved would be all employees of the air station...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 105778
Rome, Italy, 10/21/2004 15:14
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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