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Motorcycle bomber kills six near Baghdad

BAGHDAD
Mon May 26, 2008 9:47am EDT
A U.S. armoured vehicle burns on a road shortly after a bomb attack in Baghdad May 26, 2008. Police said on Monday a roadside bomb exploded next to a U.S. convoy on a road leads to Baghdad's Sadr City. U.S. forces did not confirm the attack. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed at least six members of a U.S.-backed neighborhood patrol and wounded 18 others on Monday, police said.

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The attack took place at a checkpoint in Tarmiya, a town just north of Baghdad.

The mostly Sunni patrols have been credited with helping reduce violence in Iraq but have come under increasing attack.

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