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Suicide attack kills 4 at Arab news station in Baghdad

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

JULY 26, 2010 11:22

BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber driving a minibus blew himself up in front of the Baghdad office of popular Arabic-language satellite news channel Al-Arabiya early Monday, killing four people, police and hospital officials said.

Majid Hamid, a Baghdad-based correspondent for the Saudi Arabia-owned, Dubai-based channel, said the bomber was able to pass through the first security gate and detonated the bomb in front the channel's office.

The bomber, who was driving a minibus, was apparently waved through the first checkpoint after security guards checked his identification, said Iraqi military spokesman Maj. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi. He said three guards and a cleaning woman were killed in the blast that left another 10 injured.

Al-Moussawi said Iraqi officials had previously found al-Qaida documents indicating the militant group planned to target Arab news channels in the country. He said the channel was informed.

"This has the clear fingerprints of al-Qaida," al-Moussawi told the channel.

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