Car bomb kills 27 at Iraq funeral: hospital source

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Car bomb kills 27 at Iraq funeral: hospital source

1 hour, 30 minutes ago

FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - A suicide car bomb targeting mourners at a
funeral killed at least 27 people and wounded more than 30 others in Falluja,
west of the Iraqi capital, on Thursday, hospital and police officials said.

The bomber was targeting a large crowd in a funeral procession for a man
who was killed earlier on Thursday, police officer Jamal Anfous told Reuters.

The man whose funeral mourners were attending was identified as Allawi
al-Isawi, a local contractor who was part of a Sunni Arab initiative working
against al Qaeda militants in Falluja, 50 km (30 miles) west of Baghdad.

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Source: Reuters

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, May 24
24 May 2007 10:01:20 GMT
Source: Reuters

May 24 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq
at 1000 GMT on Thursday:

* denotes new or updated item.

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* BAGHDAD - At least two people were killed and 15 wounded when a
roadside bomb exploded near a group of day labourers in Baghdad's
Shi'ite Sadr city district, police said.

* SULAIMAN BEK - Six policemen were killed and six wounded when a
roadside bomb exploded near their patrol in the town of Sulaiman
Bek, 250 km north of Baghdad, police said.

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1. Thirteen killed in Baghdad bus attack - police

BAGHDAD, May 24 (Reuters) - Gunmen stopped a minibus at a fake checkpoint in a Shi'ite district on Baghdad's northern outskirts on Thursday and killed all 11 passengers, police said.

Police said the gunmen then hid a bomb among the bodies which exploded when officers arrived at the scene, killing two civilians and wounding four people, including two policemen.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L2450118.htm

[Eugene]

2. 57 killed or found dead in Iraq Thursday - Reuters Factbox

Source: Reuters

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, May 24
24 May 2007 13:54:21 GMT
Source: Reuters

May 24 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq
at 1330 GMT on Thursday:

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* KHAN BANI SAAD - At least six people were killed when gunmen opened
fire on local residents at Nahr al-Bustan, a village near Baquba, 65 km
(40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

* BAQUBA - Police said they had found the bodies of three people who
had been shot in Baquba.

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