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Suicide car bomber kills 8 west of Baghdad (AP)

August 8th, 2010

Iraqi men evacuate a victim from the scene of an explosion in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, June 7, 2010. Health officials say evening market blasts in Iraq's second-largest city have killed several people and wounded dozens.(AP Photo/ Nabil al-Jurani)AP - A suicide car bomber struck a police patrol west of Baghdad Sunday and killed eight people, most of them civilians standing in line outside a post office to…

Suicide bomber kills 7 Afghan police in north (AP)

August 5th, 2010

In this photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010, Afghan police officers stand at a check point next to a makeshift camp where displaced Pashto families from Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, live on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - A suicide car bomber struck a convoy of NATO troops and Afghan police Thursday in northern Afghanistan, killing seven police officers and wounding at least 11 people.


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Suicide car bomb kills 6 kids in south Afghanistan (AP)

August 2nd, 2010

In this handout photo provided by the MOD, Sunday Aug. 1, 2010, soldiers from 1st Battalion the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, during day three of Operation Tor Shezada, in Afghanistan. The troops have cleared large areas of the key route into Sayedebad, removing numerous IEDs and ultimately increasing security in the area.  British and Afghan Troops have occupied the first of several permanent check points and the military presence will allow the local population the freedom of movement to go about the their normal daily lives without risk of intimidation from the insurgents. (AP Photo, MOD, HO)AP - A suicide car bomber blew himself up next to a police truck bringing a southern Afghan official to work early Monday, killing six children nearby, officials said.


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Afghan official: 3 die in Kunduz suicide bombing (AP)

July 31st, 2010

FILE - In this July 21, 2010 file photo, a Marine carry team lifts a transfer case containing the remains of Cpl. Paul J. Miller at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Miller, of Traverse City, Mich., died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. NATO announced Friday, July 30, 2010 that six more U.S. troops have died in Afghanistan, bringing the death toll for July to at least 66 and surpassing the previous month's record as the deadliest for American forces in the nearly 9-year-old war. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)AP - A former militia commander who supported the Afghan government and two others were killed Saturday night by a suicide bomber who blew himself up at a football game…

Suicide attacks kill at least 48 in Iraq (AP)

July 18th, 2010

A policeman and a worker unload the bodies of government-backed Sunni militia members who were killed in a bomb attack, at a hospital in the town of Mahmudiya, 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad July 18, 2010. REUTERS/StringerAP - Two suicide bombers targeting members of a government-backed, anti-al-Qaida militia struck within hours of each other early Sunday, killing at least 48 people and wounding dozens more, Iraqi…