WASHINGTON POST: WOMEN SUICIDE BOMBERS INVOLVED IN BOMBING THAT KILLS 35 AT BAGHDAD WEDDING

At Least 35 Die As Bombers Hit Wedding ConvoyWoman Involved in Iraq Attack

By Sholnn FreemanWashington Post Staff WriterFriday, May 2, 2008; A12

BAGHDAD, May 1 -- Two suicide bombers attacked a wedding convoy as it passed through a busy market area in Diyala province northeast of Baghdad, killing at least 35 people and wounding at least 65, police said.

As police and rescue crews rushed to the site after the first explosion in the town of Balad Ruz, the second bomb was detonated, police said. They said one of the attackers was a woman.
The double bombing was the latest in a series of high-profile attacks in Diyala, a largely Sunni area.

The attackers appear to be targeting members of the Awakening movement, mainly Sunnis who have joined with U.S. forces to fight the Sunni insurgent group al-Qaeda in Iraq.

Women are involved in an increasing number of the attacks. On Tuesday, a female suicide bomber struck in the village of Mukhisa, killing one person and wounding five, all members of the Awakening movement. On April 21, a female bomber blew herself up in the home of a group of Sunni Awakening members, killing three people

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