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Wed May 14, 2008 3:14pm EDT

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed 20 people and wounded dozens more when he blew himself up at a funeral west of Baghdad on Wednesday, Iraqi police said.

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There was no claim of responsibility, but suspicion is likely to fall on al Qaeda in Iraq militants.

The group is blamed for most suicide attacks in Iraq.



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