Suicide blast hits Baghdad

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: A suicide blast on Sunday hit the Iraqi capital’s northern area of al-Kadhemiya, leaving a number of casualties, according to Baghdad’s Operation Command (BOC) “A woman wearing an explosives belt blew herself up at a joint checkpoint set up by army and police personnel in Kadhemiya, northern Baghdad, leaving many persons killed or wounded,” a spokesperson for the command, Maj. Gen. Qassem Ata, told IraqiNews.com news agency. SS (P)/SR 1