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Archive Home > 2008 > August > 15 > Female suicide bomber kills 20

Female suicide bomber kills 20

By Tina Susman / The Bulletin
August 15, 2008

BAGHDAD — A woman pretending to be a Shiite Muslim pilgrim en route to a religious festival blew herself up Thursday at a rest house catering to pilgrims and killed at least 20 other people, most of them women.

It was the worst of several attacks on Shiites walking to Karbala, 50 miles....

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