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Suicide car bomb injures 4 near Kirkuk
A suicide car bomb exploded at a checkpoint manned by US-backed Sunni tribesmen in northern Iraq, wounding four of the men, police said.
- Agencies
- Published: 13:21 February 10, 2008
Baghdad: A suicide car bomb exploded at a checkpoint manned by US-backed Sunni tribesmen in northern Iraq, wounding four of the men, police said.
The attack took place around 11am near Hawija, about 50 kilometers southwest of Kirkuk.
The area, a longtime Sunni militant stronghold, has seen an increase in violence as militants flee northward away from US-Iraqi offensives around Baghdad and its surrounding belts. But back in November, Hawija hosted what the US military called the largest Sunni volunteer effort since the Iraq war began.
Nearly 6,000 Sunni residents joined forces with the Americans - manning checkpoints across the area - to oust Al Qaida-inspired militants from their hometowns. Four of those security volunteers were wounded in Sunday's car bombing, said Brigadier Sarhad Qadir of the Kiruk police department.
One of the men suffered severe injuries, he said.
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