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Suicide Bomber Kills 55 in Iraqi Restaurant

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By the Associated Press

Posted Dec 11, 2008 9:55 AM CST
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(AP) – A suicide bomber killed 55 people and wounded 120 in a crowded restaurant in northern Iraq today, as Kurdish officials were meeting there with Arab tribal leaders to discuss long-standing ethnic tensions, the AP reports. It appeared to be the deadliest attack in Iraq in nearly 6 months.The blast occurred in the Abdullah Restaurant just north of Kirkuk, the contested oil city.

A Kurdish official said Arab tribal leaders were having lunch with members of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, the party of President Jalal Talabani. They were to attend a meeting with Talabani after the lunch to discuss ways to defuse tensions among Arabs, Kurds, and Turkomen in the Kirkuk area.The restaurant was also packed with families celebrating the final day of the Eid al-Adha religious holiday. It is affiliated with another Kirkuk restaurant of the same name, which was attacked by a car bomb in 2007 that killed six and wounded 25.



Women and a girl pass through the shells of cars burned by Kurdish protesters in the disputed city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008.
Women and a girl pass through the shells of cars burned by Kurdish protesters in the disputed city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008.   (AP Photo/Selcan Hacaoglu)
A man injured in a suicide bomb blast gets treatment at a hospital in Kirkuk, 180 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Dec 6, 2008.
A man injured in a suicide bomb blast gets treatment at a hospital in Kirkuk, 180 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Dec 6, 2008.   (AP Photo/Emad Matti)
Iraqi soldiers and policemen inspect a damaged car after a car bomb explosion in the town of Hawija, near Kirkuk, about 180 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008.
Iraqi soldiers and policemen inspect a damaged car after a car bomb explosion in the town of Hawija, near Kirkuk, about 180 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008.   (AP Photo)
Security officers stand behind a car destroyed in a blast in Kirkuk, 180 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 28, 2008. Twenty-five people were killed and 185 wounded.
Security officers stand behind a car destroyed in a blast in Kirkuk, 180 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 28, 2008. Twenty-five people were killed and 185 wounded.   (AP Photo/Emad Matti)
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Guest
Dec 11, 2008 3:22 AM CST
I will just pray that everyone on this earth will get along. And soon or later it will. Thank God

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