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1066:"Bomber strikes Iraqi army recruits"
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975:Alfano, Sean (17 August 2010).
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801:Islamic State of Iraq
424:2nd & 3rd Karbala
116:Islamic State of Iraq
1205:2010 murders in Iraq
781:were two attacks in
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255:Karbala & Najaf
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993:22 January
982:Daily News
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1171:BBC News
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