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December 20, 2007

Suicide Bomber Kills 14 North of Baghdad, Including US Soldier
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apparently targeted local Sunni-Arab groups, who joined US-led
coalition forces to fight al-Qaida in Iraq





Iraqi men mourn over the coffin of a relative killed in a suicide bomb
attack in the restive city of Baquba, northeast of Baghdad, 20 Dec
2007

Iraqi authorities say a suicide bomb attack north of Baghdad has
killed at least 14 people, including a U.S. soldier.

Police and U.S. forces say at least 10 others were wounded when the
attacker detonated his explosives belt in a crowd of people gathered
near a security post in the town of Kanaan in Diyala province
Thursday.

Police say the attack was apparently targeted at local Sunni-Arab
groups, who have joined U.S.-led coalition forces to fight al-Qaida in
Iraq militants.

Separately, the U.S. military said coalition forces freed 100
detainees Wednesday as a gesture of goodwill and reconciliation during
the Muslim festival of Eid-al-Adha, or the day of sacrifice.

The military says the detainees were freed after their cases were
reviewed by a joint U.S.-Iraqi review board. They were held at a
detention center, Camp Cropper, near Baghdad airport.

The military says about 850 detainees have been released during the
Hajj and Eid-al-Adha holidays.

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


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