Police said 57 people were wounded when a suicide bomber wearing a belt of explosives blew himself up among Iraqi Army volunteers in the town of Rabia, northwest of Mosul.
An earlier toll put the number of dead at 25 and those wounded at 35 from the blast.
An Internet statement posted in the name of Al-Qaeda in Iraq said the group led by Jordanian-born Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi carried out the attack. The authenticity of the claim could not be confirmed.
Also today, police said the bodies of two Baghdad International Airport employees and their driver were discovered in a field in southwestern Baghdad. The men were kidnapped earlier this week.
(AP)
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An earlier toll put the number of dead at 25 and those wounded at 35 from the blast.
An Internet statement posted in the name of Al-Qaeda in Iraq said the group led by Jordanian-born Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi carried out the attack. The authenticity of the claim could not be confirmed.
Also today, police said the bodies of two Baghdad International Airport employees and their driver were discovered in a field in southwestern Baghdad. The men were kidnapped earlier this week.
(AP)
Also on Iraq:
"Sunni Leaders Meet U.S. Officials Over Iraqi Constitution"
"Attack On British Consulate Convoy In Iraq Kills Two"
"Shi'ite Radicals: 1 Million Iraqis Want U.S.-Led Troops Out"
"Rumsfeld Meets With Iraqi Leaders In Baghdad"
