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Iraq Bomb Attacks Kill 22
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Two explosions Sunday near a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Baghdad killed
15 people and wounded 60 others A wave of bomb attacks across Iraq
killed at least 22 people Sunday.

Two explosions near a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Baghdad killed 15
people and wounded 60 others. Many of the casualties were caused by a
suicide attacker who drove into a crowd of people helping victims of
the first bomb, then detonated his vehicle.

A separate roadside bomb blast in eastern Baghdad Sunday killed an
American soldier.

To the north, in Tikrit, two suicide bombers killed six people,
including four policemen, outside a police academy.

In other developments, Pakistani officials say kidnappers have
released a Pakistani embassy employee who was abducted earlier this
month in Baghdad.

And, Iraq's political leaders are continuing efforts to form a
government. Negotiations among major groups have yet to yield a
Cabinet, nearly three months after the country's historic elections,
on January 30.

Some information for this report provided by AP.


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