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Tuesday
Mar102009

Breaking News: Suicide Bomb in Western Baghdad

iraq-map3 In Iraq, 33 people have been killed and 46 wounded in a suicide bomb attack in in the Abu Ghraib section of Baghdad.

There are conflicting reports over the target: Al Jazeera is reporting that a group of dignitaries, including army officers, were visiting the market at the time; CNN reports that the bomber was trying to strike a municipal building where tribal leaders were meeting. Journalists, police personnel, and soldiers are amongst the dead; the BBC is reporting that an army chief has been slain.

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