Dwelah
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Dwelah is a village in Diyala Governorate, Iraq, about 72 km north of Baghdad.
2007 militant attack
Dwelah was the location of a December 1, 2007, militant attack. Around 6:30 a.m., 50 to 60 suspected al-Qaida fighters showered a Shiite village with mortar rounds. Soon afterward, they began torching homes and forcing hundreds of families to flee. The villager death toll was 14: 9 men, 2 women, and 3 children. In addition, 3 militants died after Dwelahns fought back.[1]
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