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Suicide Bombers Kill 35 in Iraq

Posted Jul 15, 08 5:29 AM CDT in World 

(Newser) – Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in an Iraqi army recruitment center, killing 35 people and wounding at least 63, the New York Times reports. Most of the dead were recruits. The attack took place in Baquba, the capital of Iraq's ethnically mixed Diyala province. On Sunday the country's interior ministry announced a major crackdown in Diyala, which will involve American troops.

Sources Reuters, New York Times

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A man stands over the lifeless bodies of victims of violence at a hospital morgue in Baquba, the capital of Iraq's Diyala province, July 1, 2008. A double suicide attack at an army recruitment center...   (AP Photo)
A man stands over the dead at a hospital morgue in Baquba, the capital of Iraq's Diyala province, July 1, 2008. A double suicide attack at an army recruitment center left dozens dead.   (AP Photo)
Morgue workers prepare to move a body at a hospital morgue in Baquba, the capital of Iraq's Diyala province, July 1, 2008. A man stands over the lifeless bodies of victims of violence at a hospital morgue...   (AP Photo)
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