Bombs Targeting ‘Sons of Iraq’ Leave at Least 44 Dead
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Suicide bombers targeting a government-backed militia opposed to al-Qaeda killed at least 44 people and hurt dozens in three separate attacks, Iraqi police said. The Associated Press said the toll had risen to 48 dead.
At least 40 people died and 35 were hurt in the first bombing, which occurred as members of the Sons of Iraq militia were queuing to collect their monthly pay slips outside an Iraqi army base in Radwaniya, about 15 kilometers (nine miles) southwest of the capital, the police said in a statement.