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January 18, 2011

56 Killed in Iraq Suicide Bombing 
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At least 60 people have been killed and another 150 wounded in a suicide
attack in the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit. The bomber reportedly
detonated an explosive vest in a line of people applying for jobs with
the police. It was the deadliest incident in Iraq since October 31, when
a siege at a Baghdad church killed at least 53 people. Meanwhile, three
U.S. soldiers were killed in Iraq on Saturday, making it one of the
deadliest days for U.S. forces there in months. This weekend also marked
the 20th anniversary of the first U.S. attack on Iraq in what the
military named Operation Desert Storm. Estimates of the Iraqi dead reach
as high as 3,600 civilians and some 35,000 soldiers.



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