Suicide bombings kill 35 in north Baghdad

Four Iraqi ranking officers, 14 soldiers, six policemen, and 11 Al-Sahwa (Awakening) forces were killed in three suicide attacks during a dinner banquet in Al-Tarmia town, north of Baghdad, on Tuesday. A Security source told KUNA that a suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt, detonated his explosives at the residence of Al-Sahwa commander in Al-Tarmia, minutes later two more suicide bombers attacked medics and rescuers in the chaotic scene. The source added one of the suicide bombers was wearing a military uniform. The town was completely surrounded by Iraqi forces and curfew was imposed, the source added. The attack is considered one of the strongest witnessed recently in the Iraqi capital. Source: KUNA