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Female Suicide Bomber Hits Iraqi Army Recruits in Tal Afar
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Officials say bomber detonated explosives hidden in her clothes while
standing among job applicants A female suicide bomber has blown
herself up outside an Iraqi army recruiting center in northern Iraq,
killing at least six would-be recruits and injuring more than 30
others.

The attack Wednesday in Tal Afar, not far from the Syrian border,
comes two weeks after a joint Iraqi-U.S. military offensive to rid the
area of insurgents. Military officials had said the offensive was a
success in rooting out foreign fighters.

South of Tal Afar in Baquba, another suicide bomber slammed an
explosives packed car into a crowd at a police checkpoint, killing one
person and injuring 13 others.

Elsewhere, the U.S. military reports one American soldier was killed
and another injured Wednesday in a roadside bomb blast in southern
Iraq (near Safwan).

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


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