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Suicide bomb kills 15 at Baghdad checkpoint
17 Aug 2008 18:24:28 GMT
 Source: Reuters
BAGHDAD, Aug 17 (Reuters) - A suicide bomber on a motorcycle struck a checkpoint manned by U.S.-backed neighbourhood guards in Baghdad on Sunday, killing 15 people and wounding 29, police said.

Among those killed in the attack in the mainly Sunni Arab Adhamiya district of northern Baghdad was a leader of the neighbourhood guards in the area, Faruq Abu Omar, police said.


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