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    Suicide Bombing in Iraq as Security Handovers Continue

    In Iraq, the US has turned over Karbala, south of Baghdad, to Iraqi forces. It's the eighth of 18 provinces now in Iraqi control. At same time today, a suicide bomber on a bicycle killed 28 police officers in Diyala Province and wounded another 20. Christian Berthelsen is in Baghdad for the Los Angeles Times .

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    In Iraq, the US has turned over Karbala, south of Baghdad, to Iraqi forces. It's the eighth of 18 provinces now in Iraqi control. At same time today, a suicide bomber on a bicycle killed 28 police officers in Diyala Province and wounded another 20. Christian Berthelsen is in Baghdad for the Los Angeles Times.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Christian Berthelsen

      Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times

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