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50 Die in Suicide Bombing in Iraqi City of Erbil

HeadlineMay 04, 2005

In Iraq, at least 50 people have died in a large suicide bombing at a police recruitment center in the Kurdish city of Erbil. 150 people were also wounded. It was the deadliest attack in Iraq in over two months. The suicide bomber reportedly entered the recruitment center posing as a volunteer recruit. He then set off the explosives. Over 200 people have now died in Iraq since Friday when the Iraqi resistance launched a new wave of attacks.

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