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33 killed in Iraqi suicide bombings
Baghdad, Nov. 10. (AP): Two suicide bombers detonated themselves near a restaurant frequented by Baghdad police, killing at least 33 people and seriously injuring 19, police said.
The bombers struck at about 9:45 a.m., when officers usually stop by the restaurant for breakfast. Police Maj. Abdel-Hussein Minsef said three police officers and six civilians were killed in the blast and 24 others injured, among them 20 civilians.
The blasts came just before British Foreign Secretary Straw was expected in the country for a meeting with Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, the prime minister's office said.
Samiya Mohammed, a housewife who lives nearby, said she rushed outside when she heard the explosion.
``I went out to see the restaurant heavily damaged. There was bodies, mostly civilians, and blood everywhere inside the place. This is a criminal act that only targeted and hurt innocent people having their breakfast,'' she said.
There were no Americans in the area, she said.
``I do not understand why most of the time it is the Iraqis who are killed,'' she added.
The violence comes after the defense team in Saddam Hussein's trial said it will not show up for the next session Nov. 28 unless the court accepts its demands for ``neutral international intervention'' to guarantee security.