Suicide bombers kill 35 at wedding convoy

Two suicide bombers struck a wedding convoy today in a crowded market district northeast of Baghdad as bystanders cheered it on, killing at least 35 people and wounding 65, officials said.

Two suicide bombers struck a wedding convoy today in a crowded market district northeast of Baghdad as bystanders cheered it on, killing at least 35 people and wounding 65, officials said.

In the capital, a bomb-rigged parked car exploded as a US patrol passed by in a crowded area earlier Thursday, killing one US soldier and at least nine Iraqis. The attack wounded 26 Iraqis and two US soldiers.

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