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Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 21 at Iraqi Army Recruiting Center
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Officials say the blast was likely caused by a suicide bomber who had
mingled with people waiting at the center's entrance The terrorist
network headed by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has claimed responsibility for
a suicide bombing Tuesday at an Iraqi army recruitment center in
Baghdad that killed at least 21 people.







Hospital workers bring a body into the al-Yarmouk hospital after a
blast shook an Iraqi army recruiting center in Baghdad

In an Internet statement, al-Qaida in Iraq said one of its members
penetrated the line of recruits outside the center and detonated
explosives he was carrying.

Most of those killed or injured were members of Iraq's fledgling
military or those hoping to join.

On Monday, Zarqawi loyalists also claimed responsibility for two
suicide bombings in Mosul and Baquba that killed at least 27 people --
mostly policemen.

AlsoTuesday, gunmen in Baghdad ambushed the car of an Iraqi
politician, killing his two sons and a bodyguard. The politician,
Mithal al-Alusi, escaped unhurt. 

Some information for this report provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.


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