CNN Breaking: Iraqi police say a suicide car bomber has struck a funeral

sabra

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Thu Jun-29-06 12:48 PM
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CNN Breaking: Iraqi police say a suicide car bomber has struck a funeral

http://www.cnn.com/

Iraqi police say a suicide car bomber has struck a funeral in Kirkuk, killing 17 people and wounding 50, The Associated Press reports. CNN working to confirm.

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saigon68

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Thu Jun-29-06 12:53 PM
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1. "BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

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Rose Siding

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Thu Jun-29-06 12:55 PM
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2. He's goin' to Graceland Graceland

No time to issue dares today!

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saigon68

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Thu Jun-29-06 01:09 PM
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6. They going to visit the CORPSE OF ELVIS

"It's exciting," Jack Soden, chief executive of Elvis Presley Enterprises, said Wednesday of the upcoming visit. "Two world leaders, plus Elvis, plus Graceland."

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VolcanoJen

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Thu Jun-29-06 01:26 PM
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8. Love me tender!

:puke:

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adriennui

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Thu Jun-29-06 08:37 PM
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12. that photo is very frightening

am i hallucinating or are his eyes opening and closing?

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dave29

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Thu Jun-29-06 12:55 PM
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3. ughhhhh

make it stop

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The_Casual_Observer

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Thu Jun-29-06 01:02 PM
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4. Kirkuk? I thought that was place was a paradise.

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endarkenment

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Thu Jun-29-06 03:00 PM
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10. Actually it is a major conflict point between Kurds and Sunnis.

The boundaries of the defacto kurdistan have Kirkurk on the border and the population is mixed and it sits on top of or adjacent to the vital northern oil fields.

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Master Mahon

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Thu Jun-29-06 01:06 PM
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5. Geesh

Even the dead can't rest in peace! :+

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Dogmudgeon

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Thu Jun-29-06 01:23 PM
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7. Fred Phelps has Muslim relatives? Who knew?

--p!

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Eugene

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Thu Jun-29-06 01:43 PM
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9. AP: Bomber Strikes Funeral in Iraq; 4 Killed

Bomber Strikes Funeral in Iraq; 4 Killed

Thursday June 29, 2006 7:16 PM

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A suicide car bomber struck the funeral of a Shiite soldier
in the northern city of Kirkuk on Thursday, killing four people and wounding 27,
authorities said.

The attacker drove his car into the tent where the funeral was being held. Police
Sgt. Mohammed Khoshit and hospital officials said four people were killed and 27
were wounded, lowering an earlier police report that as many as 17 people had
died.

The oil-rich city of Kirkuk is 180 miles north of Baghdad.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5920100,00.html

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w4rma

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Thu Jun-29-06 03:43 PM
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11. They kill the relatives of the murdered so that there are less of them to

avenge the original killer. Perhaps?

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