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2008-02-27 Iraq

Suicide bomber kills 40 people in northern Iraq

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Posted by Fred 2008-02-27 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top
File under: al-Qaeda in Iraq

#1 The more I look at this one, the odder it gets. A bus heading *towards* Syria is targeted? Suicide bombers tend to radiate out of Syria, not head back towards the border.

This Xinhua article is the only hit so far for this incident, which seems like it would be a pretty significant event. The source is anonymous, not military, and Multi-National Forces Iraq doesn't have anything on such an attack. There *was* a pedestrian suicide bombing in Iskandariyah on Sunday with a reported 40 killed, and similarly a suicide bomb attack on a crowd of police recruits in Tamarat proper two years ago with the same casualty number.

Is it possible this report is a mistake?

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2008-02-27 09:40|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2008-02-27 09:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Given they're Nineveh province's majority population and the destination, it was likely Sunnis aboard the bus.

And yes - it could be wrong.

Posted by Pappy 2008-02-27 21:01|| 2008-02-27 21:01|| Front Page Top

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