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Suicide Attacks Kill 17 in Iraq

RETALIATION

In revenge for major mosque attack.

At least 17 people were killed in what appear to have been revenge attacks after an assault on a Sunni mosque. The first suicide attack, in which a vehicle was rammed into an intelligence headquarters, killed at least eight people in Baghdad. Meanwhile, near Tikrit, a military Humvee packed with explosives attacked soldiers and Shiite militias, killing nine people. The attacks are believed to be retaliation for the gunning down of 68 worshippers at a village mosque by Shiite militiament in Diyala Province on Friday.

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