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Iraqi Suicide Bomber Kills 43

     18 July 2010
   Map of Mosul, Iraq

   Iraq's  Interior  Ministry  says  a  suicide bomber killed at least 43
   people  and wounded 40 others in an attack targeting Iraqi soldiers in
   the Baghdad area.
   Officials  said  a suicide bomber blew himself up Sunday morning at an
   office  of  the  Sunni  militia,  known  as Sons of Iraq, or Sahwa, in
   Radwaniya, a mostly Sunni district southwest of Baghdad.
   There has been no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.
   A  surge  of  violence  has  hit  Baghdad  since  March  parliamentary
   elections that yielded no clear winner.  Security officials blame the
   string  of  attacks  on  al-Qaida in Iraq, raising fears the country's
   political uncertainty is fueling insurgent violence.

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

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