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Suicide bombers kill 200 in northern Iraq

By Andrew England in Cairo and agencies

Published: August 14 2007 22:34 | Last updated: August 15 2007 12:08

About 200 people were killed on Tuesday when at least three suicide bombers struck in northern Iraq, according to Iraqi officials.

The attackers targeted members of the ancient Yazidi Kurdish sect in residential areas near the northern town of Sinjar near the Syrian border. Some reports suggested they were driving fuel tankers.

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