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US Marines find suicide vests in Baghdad: Centcom
AS-SALIYAH (AFP) Apr 13, 2003
 US Marines have found more than 300 vests fitted for use by suicide bombers, the US Central Command said at its forward command headquarters in Qatar.

"US Marines discovered 310 suicide bomber vests at an unspecified location in Baghdad on Friday," it said in a statement.

Centcom said 160 of the vests contained ball bearings and were "engineered with explosives".

"The coalition remains committed to rid Iraq of the regime's terrorist activities and brutal practices," it said.

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