MIDDLE EAST ONLINE: ADDITIONAL REPORT ON SUICIDE BOMBING THAT KILLED 45 IN IRAQ

Suicide bomber kills at least 45 in northern IraqBomber blows himself up in crowd of mourners in Bu Mohammed village, 120 km south of Kirkuk.

Editorial comment: What is it going to take before the mainstream media starts covering the growing violence in Iraq?

It is a total disgrace how the mainstream press in the United States has turned their back on what is happening in Iraq.

Bill Corcoran, editor of CORKSPHERE
http://corksphere.blogspot.com/

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KIRKUK, Iraq - A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd of mourners in northern Iraq on Thursday, killing at least 45 people, a local police officer said.

The bomber detonated his suicide vest in the crowd in the Sunni Arab village of Bu Mohammed, 120 kilometres (75 miles) south of the oil city of Kirkuk, police Captain Abdallah Jassim said.
Jassim said the attack happened at around 11:00 am (0800 GMT).

He said the crowd had gathered to present their condolences at a meeting organised in the village to mourn the deaths of two members of a local group fighting Al-Qaeda in Iraq. The two were killed two days ago, he said.

Tens of thousands of Sunni Arabs have formed local groups across Iraq backed by the US military to battle against Al-Qaeda militants.

These groups, mostly former allies of Al-Qaeda, have been increasingly targeted by the jihadist group in the past several months.