- BAQUBA, Iraq (Reuters) --
A suicide car bomb exploded outside the house of a local official north
of Baghdad on Monday, killing seven people and wounding 17, police sources
said.
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- They said the deputy governor for Diala province, Akil
Hamed, was among the wounded when the bomber detonated explosives in his
red car at the entrance to the official's house in the village of Balad
Ruz.
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- Hamed and his bodyguards were leaving the house when
the bomber struck. Hamed was rushed to a U.S. military hospital, and the
other casualties, who included police, bodyguards, and members of Hamed's
family, were taken to a local hospital.
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- All those killed by the bomb were police officers.
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- A purported statement from the militant Tawhid and Jihad
Group, posted on an Islamist Web site, claimed responsibility for the attack
which it said was carried out by a "hero from (our) Martyrs' Brigade."
The authenticity of the claim could not be verified.
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- Insurgents have killed scores of local officials appointed
by U.S. forces since the fall of Saddam Hussein last year.
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