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Suicide bomber kills two, wounds 23 in Iraq
[Dawn] A suicide bomber with a vest packed with explosives on Saturday killed at least two people and wounded 23 in a cafe frequented by police and tribal militias in the medieval city of Samarra, police said.The attack occurred at 6.05 pm (1505 GMT) in Samarra, a city located 110 kilometres (68 miles) north of Baghdad in Salaheddin province, a police official said. The cafe is a known haunt for police and members of the Sahwa (Awakening) movement, known as the "Sons of Iraq" by the US army, which joined American and Iraqi forces in 2006 and 2007 to fight Al-Qaeda and its supporters, leading to a dramatic fall in violence across the country. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. Years of sectarian carnage was sparked by the destruction of the golden domed al-Askari mosque in Samarra, 100 km (62 miles) north of Baghdad, in February 2006. Despite a drop in overall violence over the last two years, bombings and other attacks remain common in Iraq, but the bloodshed is a far cry from the dark days of sectarian slaughter in 2006-2007. Posted by: Fred 2010-01-31 |
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