IRAQ: Suicide bomber kills 25 people and wounds dozens at a funeral west of Baghdad
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356361
IRAQ: Suicide bomber kills 25 people and wounds dozens at a funeral west of Baghdad
- Title: IRAQ: Suicide bomber kills 25 people and wounds dozens at a funeral west of Baghdad
- Date: 15th May 2008
- Summary: MORE PEOPLE WOUNDED INSIDE HOSPITAL WOUNDED CHILD LYING ON BED
- Embargoed: 30th May 2008 13:00
- Keywords:
- Location: Iraq
- Country: Iraq
- Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
- Reuters ID: LVA4JKLNJNC0BCQG1Y348OINDSWD
- Story Text: Police said the bomber blew himself up inside the funeral tent in the village of Abu Munasir in Anbar province.
There was no claim of responsibility, but suspicion is likely to fall on Sunni Islamist al Qaeda militants. Al Qaeda is blamed for most suicide attacks in Iraq, and has regularly warned it would target Sunni Arab tribes that have joined forces with the U.S. military to fight the group. Anbar, in western Iraq, was once an al Qaeda stronghold until Sunni Arab tribes and U.S.
forces drove the group out in late 2006 and 2007. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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