Bombings kill 22 across Iraq including American soldiers, Iraqi officials

From Jomana Karadsheh
CNN
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) - Bombings across Iraq in Thursday claimed the lives
of at least 22 people, including U.S. soldiers, tribal leaders, and an Iraqi
government official, according to Iraqi officials.

The deadliest strike happened in the city of Falluja, west of Baghdad,
when two suicide bombers simultaneously rammed oil tankers into two Iraqi
police posts, damaging a nearby school and killing at least 15 people, an
Interior Ministry official said.

The twin strikes destroyed six houses and a police station, and left at
least 147 others wounded, he said.  Part of the school collapsed from the
impact of the blast, leaving many trapped in the rubble.

Both civilians and police were among the casualties from the strike,
which happened shortly after noon. The official initially said schoolkids were
among the casualties, but it was not clear if they were among those killed or
wounded.