Over 30 killed in a Baghdad restaurant bombing
{{date|November 10, 2005}}

A suicide bomber detonated himself in a crowded [[Baghdad]] restaurant Thursday morning at approximately 9:30 local time (0630 {{w|GMT}}). 35 were reportedly killed and 25 wounded in the blast. Responsibility for the attack was claimed by [[Al-Qaeda]] in [[Iraq]].

The restaurant was frequented by {{w|US}}-backed Iraqi security forces, often the target of [[Sunni]] Arab rebels and {{w|Islamism|Islamist}} Al-Qaeda groups. A police officer said that at least four Iraqi police patrols were in the restaurant at the time of the bombing.

The bombing was one of the biggest attacks in Baghdad in recent months. A statement on an Islamist website used by Al-Qaeda said that the attack was a part of an Al-Qaeda campaign to counter recent raids by US and Iraqi forces on suspected militant strongholds near the [[Syria]]n border.

The attack came just a day after the bombing of hotels in {{w|Amman}}, [[Jordan]], attacks also claimed by Al-Qaeda.

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== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/10/AR2005111000312.html
|title=Bombing at Crowded Baghdad Restaurant Kills at Least 30
|author=Bassam Sebti and John Ward Anderson
|pub=Washington Post
|date=November 10, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1299283
|title=Baghdad restaurant bomb claimed by Qaeda kills 35
|author=Salem al-Ureibi
|pub=ABC News
|date=November 10, 2005}}

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[[Category:Middle East]]
[[Category:Iraq]]
[[Category:Politics and conflicts]]
[[Category:Al-Qaeda]]
[[Category:Baghdad]]
[[Category:Sunni Islam]]
[[Category:Suicide attacks]]
A suicide bomber detonated himself in a crowded Baghdad restaurant Thursday morning at approximately 9:30 local time (0630 ). 35 were reportedly killed and 25 wounded in the blast. Responsibility for the attack was claimed by Al-Qaeda in Iraq.

The restaurant was frequented by Islamism|Islamist Al-Qaeda groups. A police officer said that at least four Iraqi police patrols were in the restaurant at the time of the bombing.

The bombing was one of the biggest attacks in Baghdad in recent months. A statement on an Islamist website used by Al-Qaeda said that the attack was a part of an Al-Qaeda campaign to counter recent raids by US and Iraqi forces on suspected militant strongholds near the Syrian border.

The attack came just a day after the bombing of hotels in , Jordan, attacks also claimed by Al-Qaeda.


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