Twin suicide bombings kill 48 in Iraq
Twin suicide bombings killed 48 people in Iraq on Sunday, including dozens from a government-backed, anti-al Qaeda militia lining up to collect their paychecks near a military base southwest of Baghdad, officials said.
A suicide bomber struck an Iraqi military base Thursday in an attack that Iraqi officials first said killed 16 soldiers but later maintained no one died but the attacker.The conflicting death counts came at a time when Iraqi officials are under increasing pressure to stop attacks.