Female suicide bomber kills 16 in Iraq

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian and agencies

10am GMT
Female suicide bomber kills 16 in Iraq

Mark Tran and agencies
Friday December 7, 2007
Guardian Unlimited

A female suicide bomber today killed 16 people in an
attack north-east of Baghdad on former Sunni Arab
insurgents who have turned against al-Qaida.

Another 27 people, including women and children, were
wounded in the explosion at a building in Muqdadiya,
a town in Diyala province, one of Iraq's most
dangerous areas.

The building is used by members of the 1920
Revolutionary Brigades, some of whose members have
begun working alongside security forces against
al-Qaida.

While overall attacks have fallen by 55% in Iraq since
the US military "surge" was fully deployed in mid-June,
General David Petraeus, commander of the US forces
in Iraq, warned yesterday that al-Qaida remained a
dangerous force that would seek to launch major
assaults.

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Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2223754,00.html

[sabra]

1. but but the great General says violence is down 60%... :-(

:sarcasm: