Suicide Blast Kills 26 in Iraqi Village

Source: Associated Press

Suicide Blast Kills 26 in Iraqi Village

Saturday July 7, 2007 4:46 AM

By BASSEM MROUE

Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD (AP) - A suicide car bomber struck outside a cafe
in a tiny Kurdish village near the Iranian border Friday,
killing 26 people in a remote part of a province where U.S.
forces are waging an offensive against Sunni insurgents,
police said.

The blast ripped through the coffee shop near a market of
Iranian goods in the village of Ahmad Maref, 87 miles
northeast of Baghdad, said an official at the joint security
coordination committee of Diyala province. At least 33 people
were wounded, said the official, who spoke on condition of
anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the
media.

The village is home to about 30 Kurdish families who had been
expelled under Saddam Hussein's rule and returned after his
fall. Many Kurds in the area are Shiite Muslims.

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Source: Associated Press

73 Die in Iraq Suicide Bombing Attacks

Saturday July 7, 2007 11:46 AM

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By YAHYA BARZANJI

Associated Press Writer

TUZ KHORMATO, Iraq (AP) - A string of suicide bombings
killed at least 73 people and wounded dozens in Shiite
villages north of Baghdad, including a large truck bombing
Saturday that ripped through an outdoor market and buried
victims in rubble, officials said.

The quick succession of blasts within hours of each other
suggested that Sunni militants are regrouping to launch
their deadliest form of attack - suicide explosions, often
against Shiites - in regions further away from Baghdad,
beyond the edges of a three-week old U.S. offensive on
the capital's northern flank.

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Saturday's blast, at around 8:30 a.m., destroyed several
mud homes in the village of Armili, and victims had to be
transported in farmers' pickup trucks to the nearest health
facility, in Tuz Khormato, 27 miles to the north, said Capt.
Soran Ali of the Tuz Khormato police. Police said one man
fled the truck before it detonated with another man still
inside.

Saleh Ali, a medic at Tuz Khormato hospital, said 25 dead
and 100 wounded were brought to the facility. Residents of
the village said more victims remained trapped under
destroyed houses and shops, and doctors said many of the
wounded were in critical condition, meaning the toll could
rise.

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Source: Reuters

Car bomb kills 6, wounds 24 in Baghdad -Iraqi army
07 Jul 2007 12:23:57 GMT
Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD, July 7 (Reuters) - Six people including five
Iraqi soldiers were killed on Saturday by a suicide car
bomb targeting a military checkpoint in east Baghdad,
an army spokesman said.

The attack also (wounded) 24 people, including 18
soldiers, in the Zayouna district of the capital, he said.


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Source: BBC News


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Source: Reuters

Iraq truck bomb death toll may be 150: officials
Sun Jul 8, 2007 3:51AM EDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The death toll from Saturday's truck
bomb attack in a market in the northern Iraqi town of Tuz
Khurmato may be as high as 150, local officials said on
Sunday.

Local police and the mayor, Mohammed Rasheed, said the
confirmed death toll was 130, with 250 wounded. But police
said 20 people were still missing and presumed dead.

Rasheed said the truck bomb destroyed about 50 small shops
and 50 houses in the largely Shi'ite Muslim town. On Saturday
night, Rasheed had put the death toll at 115.

A death toll of 150 would make it one of the single deadliest
insurgent bombings in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.

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