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Saturday, June 20, 2009

Iraq Violence 6-20-09

The misery just won't cease.

McClatchy: Suicide bomb in Kirkuk kills 67 and sows mistrust
...and injured more than 200 in a blast near a mosque that also leveled about 30 houses.

Iraq's president, Jalal Talabani, a Kurd himself, deplored the attack and offered compensation to affected families of $1,000 for every person killed and $300 for every person injured.

The government of neighboring Turkey said it would send an aircraft to Kirkuk on Sunday to transport those too seriously wounded to be treated locally.

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