Al Qaeda-Linked Group Claims it Captured Soldiers
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BAGHDAD (AP) – Thousands of American soldiers searched Sunday for three Americans who were missing after their patrol came under attack in an explosion that killed four other American soldiers and an Iraqi army translator.
The Islamic State in Iraq, an Al Qaeda front group, said it had captured several soldiers in the attack, but offered no proof to back up its claim, posted on an Islamic Web site.
Meanwhile, a suicide truck bomber crashed into the offices of a Kurdish political party, killing at least 30 people and wounding dozens, including the mayor, officials said. It was the second suicide attack in Kurdish areas of the north in four days.
In Baghdad, a parked car exploded near the popular Sadriyah market, killing at least 17 people and wounding about 40, police said. The area has been hit by several blasts usually blamed on suspected Sunni insurgents, including a car bombing on April 18 that killed 127 people.
