Suicide bomber kills 20 northeast of Baghdad-police

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Suicide bomber kills 20 northeast of Baghdad-police
23 May 2007 08:36:34 GMT

BAGHDAD, May 23 (Reuters) - A bomber wearing a suicide vest
killed 20 people and wounded 30 in a cafe in a volatile province
northeast of Baghdad on Wednesday, police said.

The attack took place in Mandali, a mainly Shi'ite Kurd town about
100 km (60 miles) northeast of Baghdad near the Iranian border.

Local mayor Abdul Hussein al-Qaralusy put the death toll at 11,
with 24 wounded. Qaralusy said the bomber was wearing a suicide
vest when he walked into the centre of the cafe and blew himself up.

Mandali is in volatile Diyala province, a large, religiously mixed
region which has seen some of the worst violence since the U.S.-led
invasion to topple Saddam Hussein in 2003.

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Source: Reuters

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, May 23
23 May 2007 08:49:39 GMT

May 23 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq
at 0830 GMT on Wednesday:

* denotes new or updated item.

* MANDALI - A bomber wearing a suicide vest killed 20 people and
wounded 30 in a cafe in Mandali, about 100 km (60 miles) northeast
of Baghdad on Wednesday, police said.

JBELA - At least three people were killed and nine wounded by a
suicide car bomber in a popular market in the town of Jbela, near
Iskandariya, 40 km south of Baghdad, police spokesman Captain
Muthana al-Maamouri said.

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BAGHDAD - The bodies of 33 people were found shot in different
districts of Baghdad on Tuesday, police said. Twenty- seven of
them were found in the predominantly Sunni Arab western Karkh
side of Baghdad.

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[maddezmom]

1. 3 dead, 15 wounded in outdoor market near Hilla

3 dead, 15 wounded
BAGHDAD (CNN) -- A car bomb exploded in an outdoor market on Wednesday south of Baghdad, killing three people and wounding 15 others, police in Hilla said.

The location is in Ajbala, 40 kilometers northeast of Hilla, in Babil province. The attack occurred around 10:30 a.m. (Posted 6:05 a.m.)

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/05/23/wednesday/index.html

[Eugene]

2. 61 killed or found dead in Iraq on Wednesday - Reuters Factbox

Source: Reuters

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, May 23
23 May 2007 13:04:22 GMT
Source: Reuters

May 23 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq
at 1200 GMT on Wednesday:

* denotes new or updated item.

MANDALI - A bomber wearing a suicide vest killed 25 people and
wounded 30 in a cafe in Mandali, a predominantly Kurdish Shi'ite
town about 100 km (60 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said.

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* BAGHDAD - Gunmen wearing police commando uniforms killed
four people and wounded 11 when they opened fire at shops in
the commercial area of Sinak in central Baghdad, police said.

* TIKRIT - A hospital in Tikrit received the decomposed bodies
of three men shot who were found in the town of Baiji, 180 km
(110 miles) north of Baghdad, a security source said.

* RAMADI - The bodies of five people were found shot and
tortured in different districts of the city of Ramadi, 110 km
(70 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.

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[Eugene]

3. 30 bodies found around Baghdad; State Dept. convoy attacked - Reuters Factbox

Source: Reuters

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, May 23
23 May 2007 19:59:22 GMT
Source: Reuters

May 23 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq
at 1900 GMT on Wednesday:

* denotes new or updated item.

* BAGHDAD - Thirty bodies were found shot around Baghdad in the past
24 hours, police said.

* BAGHDAD - Gunmen attacked a convoy carrying U.S. State Department
officials in Rusafa in Baghdad's east, the U.S. military said. Security
forces backed by Apache helicopters returned fire and there were no
reported casualties in the convoy, the military said. Local police said
four civilians were killed and 11 wounded in the Sinak area of Baghdad.

* SAMARRA - A roadside bomb killed five policemen on patrol in central
Samarra, 100 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

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In total, the report lists over 90 killed or found dead on Wednesday
plus 40 on Tuesday.