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ReutersCar bombs kill 22 in northern IraqTue Oct 9, 2007 5:34am EDT
By Aseel Kami and David Clarke
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two suicide car bombs killed at
least 22 people in northern Iraq on Tuesday in attacks
targeting a police chief and a Sunni Arab tribal
leader, police said.
Al Qaeda in Iraq had vowed to ramp up attacks during
the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, specifically to
target government officials and tribal leaders who
had joined with the U.S. military to combat the Sunni
Islamist group.
The two suicide car bombs hit the town of Baiji,
180 km (110 miles) north of the capital in Salahuddin
province. Baiji is a major oil refining centre fed with
crude oil and gas from the vast fields under the
nearby city of Kirkuk.
Police said a bomb in a pick-up truck was aimed at
Baiji's police chief, Colonel Saad Nifous, who was
wounded in the blast. The second targeted a tribal
chief. Police did not immediately have a breakdown
of the 22 dead from the two separate attacks.
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