A suicide bomber hit a crowded cafe on Friday night in Iraq that killed 21 people, and wounded 30 (many seriously). This was the deadliest attack in over a month. It happened in Balad Ruz, which is an Eastern town in the Diyala Province. The bomber had a belt of explosives, and he hit the cafe at its busiest time. One victim was a member of a local governing council. Although it is not determined who is responsible for the bombing, it is being said that this attack seems similar to ones that were tied to al Qaeda group in Mesopotamia. The area in which this attack occurred is largely populated by a sect of Kurds who are Shiite Muslims, when most Kurds are Sunni Muslims. This attack is illuminating fears that insurgents are using the political deadlock in Iraq to start "new rounds of bloodletting" an to undermine people's faith in the government.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/30/world/middleeast/30iraq.html?ref=world
By: Kathleen Tite
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