Suicide bomber kills 22 in attack west of Baghdad

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Source: AP

BAGHDAD -- Iraqi police say a suicide bomber killed 22 people and wounded at least 35 at the funeral of a Sunni school principal west of Baghdad.

The bomber blew himself up in a funeral tent in the village of Abu Minasir. The funeral was for a grammar school principal who was shot and killed Tuesday.



Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/532993.html

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1. wow - how sad: "The funeral was for a grammar school principal who was shot and killed Tuesday"

:-(

[Teaser]

2. Iraq is a misery machine

and we're the lubricant.

[ohio2007]

3. Iraqi insurgents use eight-year-old girl as suicide bomber

An eight-year-old girl was strapped with remote-controlled explosives and used as a human bomb by Iraqi insurgents in a blast that killed an Iraqi commander earlier today.

An Iraqi captain was killed and seven other soldiers were injured in the explosion which took place in the town of Youssifiyah, south of Baghdad.

The explosives were detonated as the girl approached the Iraqi commander

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"I can confirm that a female suicide bomber attacked an Iraqi Army position," said a U.S Army spokesman.

Involving women in fighting violates religious taboos in Iraq, but extremists are recruiting females and youths to stage suicide attacks in a desperate attempt to beat tightened security measures.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=566428&in_page_id=1811

freedom fighters reaching new depths

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4. As McCain still insists; "the surge is working" we just don't publicize the amount of civilians

getting dead and how the list continues to beat it's prior months fogures.