Bomber duo kills 23 in Iraq
Governor of Anbar survives the second suicide blast
Posted: December 31, 2009 at 5:43 a.m.
Twin bombings — one a possible assassination attempt against an Iraqi provincial governor — killed 23 people and wounded the governor Wednesday in the worst violence in months to hit the western province that was once al-Qaida’s top stronghold in Iraq.
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