Iraq Suicide Bombings

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  Suicide Bombers In Deadly Twin Raids In Northern Iraq

  Gunmen wearing suicide vests attacked government targets in the Kurdish-controlled city of Kirkuk and killed 16 at an Iranian-run construction site further north on Friday as troops advanced on jihadist bastion Mosul.

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  Suicide Bombing Kills 27 At Shi'ite Funeral In East Iraq

  At least 27 people were killed when a bomber detonated his explosive vest at a funeral for the relative of a Shi'ite Muslim militia commander in the eastern Iraqi province of Diyala today, security and medical sources said.

• Bomb Attacks Kill 23 People in Iraq

  Suicide bombings and car bombs, including an attack on federal police headquarters, killed 23 people in Iraq on Wednesday, police, military and medical sources said.

• Suicide Car Bomb Kills 10 in Iraq's Baquba

  A suicide car bomb blast at a police checkpoint in the Iraqi city of Baquba on Thursday killed at least 10 people and wounded 11, security and medical sources said.

• Suicide Attack Kills Seven, Destroys Bridge in Iraq's Ramadi

  A suicide car bomb attack killed seven people and destroyed a vital bridge Wednesday in Ramadi, the capital of the western province of Anbar where government forces have been battling jihadists.

• Suicide bombers kill 36 Shi'ite pilgrims in Iraq: police

  Suicide bombings in Iraq killed at least 36 people on Thursday in attacks targeting Shi'ite pilgrims ahead of a major holy day next week, police said.

• Suicide bombers target Iraq Shi'ites, killing 60

  Two suicide bombers targeted Shi'ite Muslims in Iraq on Saturday, killing 60 people on the eve of the anniversary of one of their imams' deaths, police and medics said on Saturday.

• After Baghdad blasts, a journey of sorrow and pain

  Two buses speed south from Baghdad towards Najaf on Sunday bearing the bodies of people killed in an attack, as other buses return carrying upside-down coffins, the dead they held now buried.

• Suicide bombers, gunmen kill 23 in Iraq attacks

  A suicide bombing inside a Shiite mosque during evening prayers and other attacks north of Baghdad killed 23 people in Iraq on Saturday, as officials announced preliminary results for local elections in two provinces that showed the bloc of the country's speaker of parliament in the lead.

• Iraq attacks kill 12, wound 165

  Attacks across Iraq on Monday killed 12 people, including three people who died in a suicide bombing at a police station near a school that also wounded 165 others, security officials and medics said.

• Suicide bombing at Sunni mosque in Iraq kills 16

  A suicide bomber struck a Sunni mosque packed with local officials during Friday prayers, killing 16 people, including a police commander and a judge in Saddam Hussein's hometown, officials said.The bombing inside a government compound was the third major attack in Tikrit this year, underlining the difficulties Iraqi security forces face in protect...

• Iraqi women work to halt suicide bombers, but paycheck is elusive

  The women charged with thwarting Iraq's female suicide bombers spend their days in cramped metal sheds at police checkpoints and lobbies of government offices, running their hands over the black-robed bodies of other women.The Iraqi authorities say the searches have helped to curb female suicide attacks, once a scourge of this still-dangerous city....

• Suicide bombing kills 9 in Iraq: Army

  At least nine people were killed and another 23 wounded on Saturday when a suicide bomber struck the headquarters of a US-allied Sunni militia south of Baghdad, an Iraqi army officer said.