Iraq:

19 Die Near Basra and in Baghdad
By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT
Published: October 10, 2011
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A land mine explosion on Monday in southern Iraq and attacks on security forces in Baghdad killed 19 people. 

In southern Iraq, near Basra, six soldiers were killed as they tried to clear land mines. Later in the day, an improvised bomb exploded near security forces in western Baghdad, killing 13 people, including 3 security officers who were responding to an earlier explosion. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, but it appeared similar to others carried out by Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia.

A version of this brief appeared in print on October 11, 2011, on page A14 of the New York edition with the headline: Iraq: 19 Die Near Basra and in Baghdad.

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