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                        Suicide Attacks Kill 24 in Iraq

   by VOA News

   A series of suicide bombings Monday killed at least 24 people and
   wounded 60 others across Iraq.

   Several of the blasts targeted Iraqi troops and paramilitary fighters.

   One bombing hit a security checkpoint in a northeastern Baghdad suburb,
   while another struck pro-government fighters north of the capital in
   Mashahdeh.

   In the south, an attacker also detonated explosives at a restaurant
   popular with militia fighters in the city of Nassiriyah, and another
   hit the city of Basra.

   There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks.
   Islamic State militants have frequently used suicide bombings against
   Iraqi security forces.

   March was an especially deadly month for Iraqi security forces and
   pro-government militias with acts of terror and violence killing 544
   troops, according to U.N. data.

   That was the highest number of deaths since August, and only four
   months have registered more Iraqi troop deaths since Islamic State
   militants swept through large areas of northern and western Iraq in
   mid-2014.

   The U.N. said about 1,500 Iraqi civilians were also killed in the first
   three months of this year with more than 4,300 people injured.

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