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Bombs Kill Dozens in Iraq

Posted May 1, 08 4:52 PM CDT in World    Editor's Choice

(Newser) – As US forces engaged in heavy fighting in the Mahdi Army's Sadr City today, bombings in Baghdad and Diyala province took the lives of as many as 45 Iraqis and one US soldier, the AP reports. The Diyala bombing, in Balad Ruz, was carried out by two suicide bombers—one of them a woman—during a wedding celebration.

Iraqi officials reported 35 dead and 65 wounded after the wedding bombing. The attacks come after al-Qaeda announced a one-month offensive against US forces and collaborating Sunni tribesmen April 19. In addition to the bombing deaths, US officials claim to have killed 18 Shiite militants in Sadr City and six al-Qaeda members in the northern city of Mosul.

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Soldiers secure the area of a car bomb attack in Baghdad today. A parked car bomb aimed at a U.S. patrol Thursday in Baghdad killed at least nine Iraqi civilians and wounded 26   (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
A damaged U.S. military Humvee vehicle is removed from the scene of a car bomb attack in central Baghdad. One U.S. soldier lost his life in the attack. As many as 10 Iraqis died.   (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
Family member grieves for the loss of her relatives prior to a funeral ceremony in the Shiite holy city of Najaf.   (AP Photo)
A young boy is treated for wounds in a hospital in the Shiite enclave of Sadr city in Baghdad.   (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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