Bomber kills 13 Iraq volunteers, 1 US soldier

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Bomber kills 13 Iraq volunteers, 1 US soldier
20 Dec 2007 13:33:23 GMT

by Peter Graff

BAGHDAD, Dec 20 (Reuters) - A suicide bomber detonated a vest
packed with explosives in Iraq's restive Diyala province on
Thursday, killing 13 neighbourhood patrol volunteers and a U.S.
soldier.

U.S. forces said the bomber struck an American foot patrol near a
building where a city council meeting was to be held, killing one
U.S. soldier and wounding 10 in Kanaan, near Baquba, capital of
Diyala province north of Baghdad.

Iraqi police said the building was being used to recruit volunteers
for neighbourhood patrols to fight al Qaeda militants and 13 recruits
were killed.

The U.S. military said only five Iraqis died in the attack, but a
Reuters photographer filmed at least eight dead bodies arriving at a
morgue in Baquba. All appeared to be adult males in blood-soaked
civilian clothes.

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[TwilightGardener]

1. Sad--so close to Christmas. RIP, soldier, and also to the Iraqis trying to do the right thing.

[Massachusetts]

2. RIP Troop

FUBAR

[saigon68]

3. "BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE