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| At least 20 people have been killed and 80 injured in a suicide car bomb explosion in northern Iraq. | At least 20 people have been killed and 80 injured in a suicide car bomb explosion in northern Iraq. |
| Police say the bomber detonated the charge when he was stopped by police and local militias in Baiji, about 250km (155 miles) north of Baghdad. | Police say the bomber detonated the charge when he was stopped by police and local militias in Baiji, about 250km (155 miles) north of Baghdad. |
| They said it appeared to be targeting people queuing to buy gas cylinders in a residential area. | They said it appeared to be targeting people queuing to buy gas cylinders in a residential area. |
| The militias, generally known as the Sunni tribal Awakening, have been fighting against al-Qaeda insurgents. | The militias, generally known as the Sunni tribal Awakening, have been fighting against al-Qaeda insurgents. |
| They are credited with pushing back al-Qaeda in areas where they had been operating with relative freedom. | They are credited with pushing back al-Qaeda in areas where they had been operating with relative freedom. |
| US officials say this has helped reduce attacks in Iraq by 60% since June. | US officials say this has helped reduce attacks in Iraq by 60% since June. |
| But neighbourhood patrols have increasingly come under attack from Sunni radicals. | |
| Baiji, a mostly Sunni area in Salahuddin province, has been relatively quiet in the past two years and the presence of the militias could explain why it is being targeted once more by suicide bombers, says the BBC's Jo Floto in Baghdad. | |
| At least 19 people were killed and dozens wounded in two car bomb attacks there in October. | |
| The suicide blasts targeted the town's police chief and a tribal leader, Thamer Ibrahim Atallah, a senior member of the Salahuddin Awakening Council. | The suicide blasts targeted the town's police chief and a tribal leader, Thamer Ibrahim Atallah, a senior member of the Salahuddin Awakening Council. |