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18 December 2004
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Saturday
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05 Ziqa'ad 1425
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Turkish embassy guards killed
ANKARA, Dec 17: Several Turkish embassy guards, on their way from Turkey to Baghdad, were killed on Friday in an armed attack on a road in Mosul, the Turkish foreign ministry said.
"According to information obtained by our embassy in Baghdad, there have been casualties in the incident ... We are very upset that some personnel were killed," a statement said.
One of the guards and a driver survived the attack and returned to Turkey, while two other guards made it safely to the embassy in Baghdad, the ministry said. -AFP
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