80 KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN BY SUICIUDE BOMBER: 2 U.S. SOLDIERS KILLED IN IRAQ: FEMALE SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS 3

The violence has shifted back to Afghanistan where on Sunday 80 people were killed while attending a dog fight.

Meanwhile, in Iraq there is no sign of a letup in the violence that continues throughout the country.

Here is what happened on Sunday in Iraq:

TWO U.S. SOLDIERS ARE KILLED IN IRAQ. FEMALE SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS 3

Diyala Province, unspecified locationTwo U.S. soldiers killed by small arms fire, one injured and medically evacuated. No further details at this time.

BaghdadFemale suicide bomber kills three, injures 10. Attack in predominantly Shiite Masbah district appears to have been partially thwarted by police. I presume this is the same attack reported by VoI, in which a female suicide bomber targeting a police checkpoint is said to have injured four people in Karada. McClatchy apparently explains the contradiction by noting that MNF said there were only injuries, but Iraqi police reported three killed. MNF typically minimizes the casualties from these incidents. I can't find "Masbah" on my map of Baghdad, but perhaps it is part of Karada. For those who don't know, Karada is on the peninsula formed by a sharp bend in the Tigris, across from the Green Zone.

Two bodies found dumped on Saturday in different places.al-Khalidiya (near Ramadi)U.S. forces kill a cab driver who got too close to them at an intersection. No comment from MNF.

MosulRemotely detonated car bomb, apparently targeting police, kills one police officer and two civilians, two more civilians injured.Six civilians injured by mortar and small arms attack in al-Thawra neighborhood.

BaijiRoadside bomb kills three people in a market on Saturday.Reuters also reports a police officer killed by another bomb on the same day.Baqubaa 17-year-old girl named Nadia Jameel was killed near her house in Al-Katoon neighborhood, west Baquba, apparently by a stray bullet.


80 die in bombing at Afghan dog fight

By ALLAUDDIN KHAN, Associated Press Writer 56 minutes ago

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A suicide bombing at an outdoor dog fighting competition killed 80 people and wounded scores on Sunday, an Afghan governor said. It appeared to be the deadliest terror attack in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.

A prominent militia commander who stood up against the Taliban was killed in the attack and officials said he may have been the target.

Several hundred people, including Afghan militia leaders, had gathered to watch the competition on the western edge of the southern city of Kandahar. Witnesses reported gunfire from bodyguards after the blast but it was not immediately clear how many of the casualties might have been caused by bullets.

Kandahar Gov. Asadullah Khalid said 80 people had been killed in the attack. Abdullah Fahim, a Health Ministry spokesman, said 70 were wounded.

Khalid blamed the attack on "the enemy of Afghanistan," which typically means the Taliban. The attack's apparent target, Abdul Hakim Jan, served as a commander of an auxiliary police force, a government-backed security force made of area tribesmen that is often shorthand for a local militia operating with government approval.