BRITAIN/INTERNATIONAL: Female bomber kills 15.A WOMAN suicide bomber Noun 1. suicide bomber - a terrorist who blows himself up in order to kill or injure other people act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act - the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political blew herself up outside the offices of an anti-al Qaida group in Iraq yesterday killing at least 15 people, police said. It was the country's second suicide attack suicide attack suicide n → Selbstmordanschlag m involving a woman in less than two weeks. Ten of those killed in yesterday's attack in the Diyala province city of Muqdadiyah were members of the anti-al Qaida group who have joined US and Iraqi forces to rid their area of militants, said the city's police chief. The bomb went off on the outskirts of Muqdadiyah, which is about 60 miles north of Baghdad, on a road leading to the town market, al-Tamimi said. Ten days a go a woman blew herself up near an American patrol near Diyala's provincial capital Noun 1. provincial capital - the capital city of a province capital - a seat of government city, metropolis, urban center - a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city" Baqouba, wounding seven soldiers and five Iraqis, the US military said. The overall level of violence has fallen across Iraq, but it has increased in the north, where members of al Qaida and other extremist groups are believed to have fled the massive security crackdown that began in mid-February in Baghdad. |
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