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| Suicide blasts hits Baghdad hotel | Suicide blasts hits Baghdad hotel |
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| At least 10 people have been killed and 15 wounded in a suicide attack on a hotel in central Baghdad. | |
| The bomb exploded in the lobby of the Mansour Hotel, which is used by many Westerners and Iraqi officials. | |
| Police say the bomber targeted a group of Sunni tribal leaders. US forces have now sealed the hotel off. | Police say the bomber targeted a group of Sunni tribal leaders. US forces have now sealed the hotel off. |
| Earlier, blasts in the southern city of Hilla, and in the city of Baiji, in the north of the country, left at least 18 people dead. | Earlier, blasts in the southern city of Hilla, and in the city of Baiji, in the north of the country, left at least 18 people dead. |
| A Mansour Hotel worker, Saif al-Rubaie, 28, told the Associated Press the casualties were Iraqis, mostly employees who were in the reception area. | |
| The hotel, situated on the banks of the Tigris River, is near Baghdad's Green Zone and often used by Iraqi officials visiting the capital. | |
| A number of foreigners also live in the hotel. |