Female Suicide Bomber Attacks in Diyala From: The Washington Post | Date: January 17, 2008| Author: Amit R Paley - Washington Post Foreign Service | Copyright 2008 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

A woman wearing an explosives-packed vest killed at least seven people Wednesday when she blew herself up in volatile Diyala province, U.S. military officials said.

The attack was at least the fourth carried out by a female suicide bomber in Iraq since November, a sign that women are being used more frequently in insurgent assaults. Women reportedly carried out 11 suicide bombings in the previous 41/2 years.

The bombing took place at 9 a.m. in the town of Khan Bani Saad, in south...

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