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| Iraqi workers die in bomb attack | Iraqi workers die in bomb attack |
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| At least 17 people died after a suicide bomber attacked a group of labourers in the mainly Shia, Iraqi town of Hilla, local police officials have said. | At least 17 people died after a suicide bomber attacked a group of labourers in the mainly Shia, Iraqi town of Hilla, local police officials have said. |
| At least 49 people were also injured in the incident, according to police. | At least 49 people were also injured in the incident, according to police. |
| Witnesses said the attack occurred when the bomber rammed a car laden with explosives into a crowd of labourers queuing for work in a yard. | Witnesses said the attack occurred when the bomber rammed a car laden with explosives into a crowd of labourers queuing for work in a yard. |
| The attack on the town, 100km (65 miles) south of Baghdad, is the latest incident in the ongoing unrest in Iraq. | The attack on the town, 100km (65 miles) south of Baghdad, is the latest incident in the ongoing unrest in Iraq. |
| The Iraqi government in Baghdad now estimates that 150,000 Iraqis have been killed since the US-led invasion in 2003. | |
| This year the death toll has been about 100 every day, adding up to some 3,000 a month. | |
| Last month a bomb blast in a police station in Hilla killed the commander of an Iraqi special police force unit. | |
| It is about three months since the last major attack in Hilla, when a bomb was detonated at an army recruitment centre, killing a dozen would-be recruits and injuring many more. | |
| In February 2005 Hilla was the site of one of the worst bomb attacks since the US-led invasion in 2003 when a suicide car bomber killed 125 national guard and police recruits. |