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To: Land Shark who wrote (81839)	6/25/2007 4:39:40 PM
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Iraqi tribal leaders killed in blast at peace talksStory Highlights Suicide bomber kills at least 12, wounds 21 inside a Baghdad hotel 7 sheikhs -- 5 Sunnis and 2 Shiites -- and TV anchor reported among the dead BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A suicide bomber detonated his explosives inside a busy central Baghdad hotel, killing at least 12 people -- most of them Sunni and Shiite tribal leaders who were meeting as part of Iraq's reconciliation effort -- U.S. and Iraqi officials told CNN. Iraqi soldiers inspect the Mansur Hotel in Baghdad on Monday after a suicide bombing in the lobby. An Iraqi journalist was also among those killed in the Mansour Hotel blast, which wounded 21, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said. Speaking in Washington, President Bush condemned the attack. "Today once again we saw the brutality that extremists can inflict upon society when a suicider killed innocent people who were working toward reconciliation," he said, vowing "to remain firm and strong as we stand for this young (democracy)." Video showed the lobby was gutted by the blast. Fragments of the ceiling dangled like threads amid exposed wires. Several bodies were covered by blankets on the debris-strewn floor. The blast killed seven tribal leaders -- five Sunnis and two Shiites -- and two of their bodyguards, the ministry official said. It also killed Rahim al-Maliki, an anchorman with Iraqiya state television, the official said. Watch the aftermath of the bombing » It is unclear if there were any U.S. troops at the hotel in connection with the meeting, a U.S. military official told CNN's Barbara Starr. U.S. troops responded to the blast, the military official said. The Mansour Hotel houses the Chinese embassy and several Western organizations. South of Baghdad, a suicide car bomber detonated at a Hilla government compound Monday morning, killing at least eight people and wounding 31 others, a Hilla official told CNN. Among the dead were civilians and security guards, authorities said. The attack took place around 7 a.m. (11 p.m. ET Sunday). Hilla is located about 60 miles (100 kilometers) south of Baghdad. A few hours later, another suicide bomber, driving a fuel tanker rigged with explosives, struck Baiji police headquarters in northern Iraq, police said. According to a hospital official, 25 people were killed and 60 others were wounded in the attack. The dead included police, civilians and detainees at the jail.