7 border guards killed in traffic accident in W. Iraq


By Jamal

BAGHDAD, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Seven members of the Iraqi border guard forces were killed in a traffic accident in Iraq's western province of Anbar, the country's Border Guard Command said on Sunday.

The seven people died in a "tragic traffic accident" on the highway in Anbar while on their way to duty, it said in a statement.

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