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Iraq Quagmire: The violence continues

2 Soldiers Among 21 Killed in Iraq Blasts

New Video Purports To Show U.S. Hostages

By Steve Fainaru
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, September 19, 2004; Page A01

BAGHDAD, Sept. 18 -- Insurgents killed 19 Iraqis and two U.S. soldiers Saturday in bombings across Baghdad and in northern Iraq, and kidnappers threatened to kill two Americans and a Briton within 48 hours if their demand was not met.

The deadliest attack occurred in the northern city of Kirkuk, where witnesses said a young man driving a gray Opel sedan sped down a dirt road leading to the back of an Iraqi National Guard building then blew up the vehicle near a crowd of recruits, killing 19 people and wounding 63.

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