Suicide bomber kills 10 in Iraq market attack

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Source: AFP

BAQUBA, Iraq, Feb 20, 2008 (AFP) - Ten people were killed when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives in a market near the restive city of Baquba north of Baghdad on Wednesday, an Iraqi army officer said.

"A suicide bomber wearing an explosives belt blew himself up in the market of Muqdadiyah, killing at least 10 people and wounding 15 others," General Ragheb al-Omayri told AFP.

Muqdadiyah is about 45 kilometres (about 30 miles) northeast of Baquba, capital of Diyala province which is now considered the most dangerous area in Iraq after US and Iraqi forces chased Al-Qaeda insurgents out of their strongholds in Baghdad and surrounding areas.

The province is the focus of a massive sweep against Al-Qaeda, known as Operation Iron Harvest and part of the Phantom Phoenix assault targeting insurgents across the country launched on January 8.



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