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Article: In worst attack this year, bomber kills 72 in Iraq
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- June 22, 2009
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STEVEN LEE MYERS The New York Times
International Herald Tribune
06-22-2009
In worst attack this year, bomber kills 72 in Iraq
Byline: STEVEN LEE MYERS The New York Times
Edition: 4
Section: NEWS
BAGHDAD: --
A suicide truck bomb exploded in a volatile region of northern Iraq over the weekend, killing at least 72 people and wounding nearly 200, even as Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki pledged that such attacks would not stop or slow the withdrawal of U.S. troops.
Officials and witnesses said the bombing Saturday, the worst single attack this year in Iraq, occurred shortly after noon prayers in a residential neighborhood near a mosque in Taza, south of Kirkuk, capital of an oil-rich region ...