Suicide Attack Kills 21 at Gathering Intended to Reconcile Iraqi Factions
A suicide bomber attacked a reconciliation gathering of Shiite and Sunni tribal leaders, provincial officials and security commanders in Baqubah on Monday, killing at least 21 people, including the city’s police chief. Witnesses said the bomber rushed into a Shiite mosque in the city, the capital of Diyala province, where those gathered had just completed their iftar feast, the meal that breaks their day-long fast during the current holy month of Ramadan. Full Story