A suicide bomber targeting government-backed forces has killed at least 19 people in Taji, north of Baghdad. A day earlier, on Sunday, a suicide blast killed 15 people in Kirkuk.
Suicide Blasts Hit Iraqi Cities

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Firefighters hose down a destroyed vehicle at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Kirkuk, Iraq, February 3, 2013.

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A wounded person is carried by soldiers at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Kirkuk, Iraq, February 3,2013.

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Medical personnel carry a victim to a stretcher at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Kirkuk, Iraq, February 3, 2013.

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Iraqi security personnel at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Kirkuk, Iraq, February 3, 2013.