Suicide Bomber Kills 1, Wounds 28 in Iraq
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Date: 1/3/2011 8:55:55 AM
Sender: VOA
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Suicide Bomber Kills 1, Wounds 28 in Iraq
Iraqi officials say a suicide bomber has attacked a police intelligence office northeast of Baghdad, killing one person and wounding at least 28 others.
Officials said the attacker detonated a car bomb Monday in Baquba, and that girls from a nearby school were among the wounded.
On Sunday, violence across Iraq killed eight people, including two U.S. service members.
The U.S. military said the two soldiers were killed late Sunday in central Iraq, but did not give any further details on their deaths.
In Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said gunmen killed three police officers and an army official in separate attacks.
Police in Fallujah said gunmen attacked a police checkpoint, killing one police officer and wounding at least three others.
And in Balad, about 70 kilometers north of the Iraqi capital, police said attackers bombed the home of local judicial official, Hardan Khalifa. The bombing killed one person and wounded eight others.
Last week, Iraq Body Count, the British-based group tracking civilian casualties in Iraq, said the civilian death toll for last year fell to an all time annual low since the United States invaded the country in 2003. The toll as of December 25, 2010, was 3,976, compared to 4,680 in 2009.
However, the group says the rate of decline is smaller than in previous years. It also says the 2010 data suggests a "persistent low-level conflict in Iraq" that could kill civilians at a similar rate for years to come.
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