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Bombings in Iraq Kill 85

HeadlineJun 20, 2005

In Iraq, a suicide bomber killed at least 20 policemen and wounded more than 100 others when he blew up a car on a crowded sports field in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil. Witnesses said the bomber was dressed as a policeman and drove onto the field where more some 160 police were exercising. Meanwhile, coordinated morning attacks in Baghdad claimed the lives of five other Iraqi policemen. This came one day after a suicide bomber strapped with explosives killed nearly two-dozen people at a busy Baghdad restaurant frequented by Iraqi police. The bombing topped a series of bloody attacks Sunday that killed at least 37 Iraqis nationwide, including 12 members of the U.S.-trained security forces. The restaurant was less than 400 yards away from the main pedestrian entrance to the U.S.-protected Green Zone. More than 85 people have been killed in attacks over the past 48 hours.

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