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Suicide Bombers Kill 35 Iraqi Recruits
Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English
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At least 28 Iraqi security force recruits were killed on Tuesday in two suicide bombings in Diyala province north of Baghdad, where the government has said it plans a military offensive against insurgent groups. (article 7)
BAQOUBA, Iraq (AP) und Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a crowd of army recruits Tuesday in an Iraqi province where devastating attacks persist despite security improvements elsewhere. (article 6)
At least 28 people died, the Iraqi police and military said.The bombings came ahead of what Iraqi military officials have described as an imminent offensive in troubled Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad. (article 6)
Major-General Barney White-Spunner, who is in charge of British forces in southern Iraq, said current troop levels will only be reassessed once the job of training Iraqi soldiers and setting up a new security framework in Basra is complete. (article 3)
After being forced from its strongholds in the west and centre of Iraq in the past two years, Al-Qaeda's dwindling band of fighters has made a defiant "last stand" in the northern city of Mosul. (article 1)
US presidential contender Barack Obama has repeatedly seized on statements attributed to Iraqi leaders to support his call for a troop withdrawal deadline. (article 5)
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Iraqi, Diyala, Iraq, Recruits, BAGHDAD |
Source articles
- Iraqis lead final purge of Al-Qaeda (timesonline.co.uk, 07/15/2008, 423 words)
- Bombers kill Iraq army recruits (BBC News, 07/15/2008, 552 words)
- Major-General Barney White-Spunner: troops to have long-term Iraq role (timesonline.co.uk, 07/15/2008, 516 words)
- Times Online (timesonline.co.uk, 07/15/2008, 394 words)
- Iraq faces dilemma over US troops (BBC News, 07/14/2008, 855 words)
- Iraqi police say suicide bombers kill 28 army recruits in Baqouba - (baltimoresun.com, 07/15/2008, 758 words)
- Iraq recruits hit in dual suicide attack (ft.com, 07/15/2008, 391 words)
- Suicide Bombers Kill 35 Iraqi Recruits (nytimes.com, 07/16/2008, 937 words)
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