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Suicide bomber strikes tribal leaders.

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A suicide bomber attacked Sunni and Shiite leaders who were touring a market west of Baghdad after a reconciliation meeting. 33 people died in the second major attack in Baghdad in two days. The Associated Press reports “The bomber detonated an explosives belt as the tribal leaders were walking through the market in the town of Abu Ghraib, accompanied by security officials and journalists, according to the Iraqi military.”

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