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Bulgaria commemorates soldiers killed in Karbala truck blast

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Requiems in memory of the Bulgarian soldiers, who died 13 years ago in the Iraqi city of Karbala, were held in their native places on Tuesday. On December 27, 2003 five Bulgarian military men died and 27 were severely wounded in a truck-bomb terrorist attack against the Bulgarian military base India in Karbala. The Bulgarian military contingent was part of the Multi-National Force in Iraq.




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