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Iraqi insurgents carried out two dramatic ambushes yesterday, killing 11 people including two American civilians in a roadside bombing in Basra and an attack on an Iraqi convoy in Baghdad.

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A suicide bomber blew up his his car outside the home of the leader of Iraq’s biggest political party today, killing 15 people and injuring dozens.

Mon, 27 Dec, 2004

Nine die as Iraqi suicide bomber targets Shiite leader

At least nine people died and 39 were injured when a suicide bomber targeted the home of the leader of Iraq’s biggest political party today.

Mon, 27 Dec, 2004

Suicide bomber targets Shiite political leader

A suicide bomber detonated his car today at the gate to the home of the leader of Iraq’s biggest political party, wounding several guards but causing no injuries to the cleric, his spokesman said.

Mon, 27 Dec, 2004

Iraq to be led by committee, says Garner

A council of up to nine Iraqis will probably lead the country’s still unformed interim government through the coming months, the American civil administrator said today.

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