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At least 56 dead in Iraq suicide bombing

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Two suicide bombers with explosives wired to their bodies struck the offices of the country's two main Kurdish parties in nearly simultaneous attacks Sunday, killing at least 56 people and wounding more than 235 in the deadliest assault in Iraq in six months.

The attacks struck in the Kurdish heartland and took a heavy toll among senior leaders of Iraq's most pro-American ethnic group.

Elsewhere, an American soldier was killed and 12 were wounded in a rocket attack on a logistics base in Balad, 50 miles north of Baghdad, the U.S. command said. Two soldiers were in serious condition, six in stable condition and four soldiers were treated for superficial wounds.

Another soldier was killed Sunday and two others hurt when their Humvee overturned near the town of Haditha.

The deaths raised to 524 the number of U.S. service members who have died since the Iraq conflict began in March.

Source: Agencies

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