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Northern Iraqi Village Mourns Loss
Saturday Truck Bomb Killed 140+, Destroyed Town Center
07/09/2007 3:01 PM ET
Ermeli, IRAQ: Iraqis inspect destruction at the site of a truck bomb blast in the village of Ermeli near the oil rich city of Kirkuk, northern Iraq, 08 July 2007.
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Ermeli, IRAQ: Iraqis inspect destruction at the site of a truck bomb blast in the village of Ermeli near the oil rich city of Kirkuk, northern Iraq, 08 July 2007.

The darkness of grief gripped the Iraqi village of Ermeli as black mourning banners, armbands, bloodstains and soot bore grim testament to a truck bomb attack that left 140 people dead. The rural community near the northern oil hub of Kirkuk was the latest victim of a week of intense violence and political intrigue in an Iraq mired in bloody civil conflict.
Ermeli, IRAQ: Iraqis inspect destruction at the site of a truck bomb blast in the village of Ermeli near the oil rich city of Kirkuk, northern Iraq, 08 July 2007. The darkness of grief gripped the Iraqi village of Ermeli as black mourning banners, armband
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Ermeli, IRAQ: Iraqis inspect destruction at the site of a truck bomb blast in the village of Ermeli near the oil rich city of Kirkuk, northern Iraq, 08 July 2007. The darkness of grief gripped the Iraqi village of Ermeli as black mourning banners, armband

Ermeli, IRAQ: Iraqis inspect destruction at the site of a truck bomb blast in the village of Ermeli near the oil rich city of Kirkuk, northern Iraq, 08 July 2007.
AFP/Getty
Ermeli, IRAQ: Iraqis inspect destruction at the site of a truck bomb blast in the village of Ermeli near the oil rich city of Kirkuk, northern Iraq, 08 July 2007.

Ermeli, IRAQ: Iraqis inspect destruction at the site of a truck bomb blast in the village of Ermeli near the oil rich city of Kirkuk, northern Iraq, 08 July 2007.
AFP/Getty
Ermeli, IRAQ: Iraqis inspect destruction at the site of a truck bomb blast in the village of Ermeli near the oil rich city of Kirkuk, northern Iraq, 08 July 2007.

Ermeli, IRAQ: Iraqis inspect destruction at the site of a truck bomb blast in the village of Ermeli near the oil rich city of Kirkuk, northern Iraq, 08 July 2007.
AFP/Getty
Ermeli, IRAQ: Iraqis inspect destruction at the site of a truck bomb blast in the village of Ermeli near the oil rich city of Kirkuk, northern Iraq, 08 July 2007.

Ermeli, IRAQ: Iraqis inspect destruction at the site of a truck bomb blast in the village of Ermeli near the oil rich city of Kirkuk, northern Iraq, 08 July 2007.
AFP/Getty
Ermeli, IRAQ: Iraqis inspect destruction at the site of a truck bomb blast in the village of Ermeli near the oil rich city of Kirkuk, northern Iraq, 08 July 2007.

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