WHILE CHENEY LAUGHS IT UP AT RADIO TV DINNER, 73 IRAQIS KILLED, 109 WOUNDED

Vice President Dick Cheney, one of the main architects of the war with Iraq, was telling jokes and laughing it up at the Radio/TV correspondents dinner, while 73 Iraqis were killed and another 109 wounded.

At least 73 Iraqis were killed and another 109 were wounded during the latest attacks, which included a suicide bombing in a small village in northern Iraq. No Coalition deaths were reported. Meanwhile, a border clash left several Turkish soldiers killed or injured.

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Near Tuz Khormato in the village of al-Bu Mohammed, at least 50 people were killed and 55 more were wounded when a suicide bomber blew up his explosives at a funeral for two Awakening Council (Sahwa) members killed a day earlier. The older bomber was dressed in traditional garb and allowed to enter the funeral freely.

An unmanned U.S. drone plane killed two men carrying AK-47s in Sadr City. U.S. forces killed at least three other suspects during clashes. Meanwhile, hospital officials reported receiving nine bodies and treating 36 wounded after air strikes.

In Baghdad, a roadside bomb killed two policemen and wounded ten more near a bridge in an eastern district. Two civilians were wounded during a bombing on Sina Street.

In Zayouna, three civilians were wounded during a drive-by shooting. Also, roadside bombs blasted U.S. patrols in Abu Dsheer and Bayaa, but no casualties were as yet reported.

In Mosul, an Iraqi soldier was killed during clashes. Gunmen hurled a grenade at a police patrol; three people were wounded. A female body was found yesterday, and three more today.
Three suspects were killed during a raid in Tal Afar.

Also, one Turkish soldier was killed and seven more were wounded during clashes with Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels on the Turkish side of the border.