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January 7, 2008

Double Bombing in Baghdad Kills 14, Wounds 20
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=1AD3F1D:A6F02AD83191E160DF2A14DB5F539138A13B8D4F2090AB2B& Attacks occurred
one day after  suicide bomber blew himself up at  gathering of Iraqi
soldiers and civilians celebrating Army Day in central Baghdad,
killing at least 11 Iraqi officials say a double suicide bomb attack
in a northern district of Baghdad has killed at least 14 people and
wounded 20 others.

Witnesses and officials say the first attacker blew himself up Monday
outside an office that provides services for Sunni mosques and shrines
in the Adhamiyah district.  A second car bomb attack followed shortly
afterwards.

Officials said the head of a local U.S.-backed Sunni group fighting
al-Qaida was killed during the attack. Most of the victims were
members of the group.

Some Sunni Muslims in Iraq have formed groups called "Awakening
Councils" that have joined U.S. coalition forces to fight al-Qaida,
and to reduce violence.

Two other bombings today near universities in Baghdad killed at least
four people.

On Sunday, a suicide bomber blew himself up at a gathering of Iraqi
soldiers and civilians celebrating Army Day in central Baghdad Sunday,
killing at least 11 people and wounding 17 others. 

Witnesses say the blast occurred as soldiers were singing and chanting
in the Karrada neighborhood. A U.S. military spokesman said two Iraqi
soldiers flung themselves onto the bomber just before the blast,
absorbing some of the impact.

Army Day is an official holiday that marks the anniversary of the
establishment of Iraq's army in 1921 with military parades and other
ceremonies.



Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.


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