Baquba (Iraq): Ten people were killed,
including two Iraqi soldiers and the leader of a Sunni Arab
militia allied with the United States, in bombings across Iraq
on Tuesday.
Fourteen others were wounded in the attacks in the
village of Buhruz, northeast of Baghdad, and the northern oil
hub of Kirkuk, security and medical officials said.
In the deadliest incident, a suicide bomber exploded a
belt-full of explosives in a coffee shop in Buhruz, 15
kilometres south of Baquba in Diyala province, killing eight
people and leaving 10 others injured.
"We received eight bodies, and 10 other people were
wounded," Dr Ahmed Alwan of Baquba General Hospital told AFP,
adding the casualties were men.
An official in the Baquba operations command, which is
the joint military-police security centre for Diyala,
confirmed the tolls, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Among the dead was Laith Mishaan, leader of one of many
Sunni militias that turned against Al-Qaeda and allied with
the United States. That switch was seen as critical to ending
the mass sectarian bloodshed that engulfed Iraq in 2007
and 2008.
One of Mishaan`s bodyguards was also killed, while
another was wounded.
The attack in the predominantly Sunni town follows a
bombing there a day earlier that left two sons of the
village`s mukhtar, or chief, dead and one other injured.
Bureau Report
