ஷியாக்களும் சுன்னிகளும் தொடர்ந்து ஈராக்கில் ஒருவரை ஒருவர் கொலை செய்துகொண்டிருப்பதாலும் ஒருவர் மற்றவரது மசூதியில் குண்டுவைத்து அப்பாவிகளை கொல்வதாலும், ஈராக் அரசாங்கமும் அமெரிக்காவும் இணைந்து ஷியா சுன்னி தலைவர்களுக்கு இடையே சமாதான ஒப்பந்தம் உருவாக்க சமாதான மாநாடு உருவாக்கினர்.
அந்த மாநாட்டுக்கு வந்த்வர்களை அல்குவேதா தற்கொலை குண்டுதாரி வெடித்து கொலை செய்திருக்கிறார்.மொத்தம் 12 பேர் கொல்லப்பட்டுள்ளதாக செய்தி கூறுகிறது.
ஷியா சுன்னி தலைவர்கள் கொல்லப்பட்டுள்ளனர். 7 ஷேக்குகள் (5 சுன்னி ஷேக்குகள், 2 ஷியா சேக்குகள்) கொல்லப்பட்டுள்ளதாக செய்திகள் தெரிவிக்கின்றன.
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
Car bomber kills at least 8, wounds 31 at a Hilla government compound
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.
Baiji is 120 miles (190 kilometers) north of Baghdad.
In Mosul, a car bomb exploded along a road on the southern edge of the city, killing one person and wounding 20 others, police said.
Mosul is about 260 miles (420 kilometers) north of Baghdad.
Two mortar rounds landed in the Fadhil section of Baghdad, a Sunni neighborhood, north of the city center, police said. At least three people were killed and four others were wounded.
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