Suicide bomber kills 11, wounds 17 in Baghdad

Monday, January 7, 2008

BAGHDAD -- Three Iraqi soldiers threw themselves on a suicide attacker wearing an explosives vest at an Army Day celebration Sunday -- an act of heroism U.S. officials said likely prevented many more deaths. Iraqi police said at least 11 people were killed in the blast, the deadliest in a series of bombings in Baghdad.

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