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Bombs kill at least 12 in IraqSpeaker postpones meeting of Iraqi parliament
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YOUR E-MAIL ALERTSBAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Two bombs killed at least 12 people in Iraq, authorities said on Sunday, as the speaker of Iraq's parliament postponed the next meeting of lawmakers for a few days. A car bomb in Mahmoudiya killed at least eight people and wounded more than 20 others, Iraqi police said. Mahmoudiya, about 12 miles (20 kilometers) south of the capital, is at the top of the so-called "Triangle of Death." Also Sunday, four Iraqi civilians died and seven were wounded when a bomb in a parked car exploded near a minibus in southeast Baghdad, police said. In Baquba, gunmen opened fire on a minibus, killing five civilians and wounding four others, police said. Police said the attack took place in northern Baquba, about 30 miles north of Baghdad. In Mosul, gunmen killed seven laborers on their way home from work. Envoy expects political progressThe violence in Iraq was taking place in a political vacuum left as politicians negotiate the formation of a unity government four months after parliamentary elections. Adnan Pachachi, the speaker of Iraq's parliament, gave no details about when the 275-member body, originally scheduled to meet Monday, would reconvene. The United Iraqi Alliance continued talks on Sunday aimed at ending a political crisis. Iraq's new ambassador to the United States said Sunday that an impasse over who will lead the government may soon end under a compromise that would replace the interim prime minister with a member of his own party. (Full story) "As we talk now, people I know are huddled together to put the final touches on a compromise that is emerging," Amb. Samir Sumaidaie told CNN's "Late Edition." Ibrahim al-Jaafari's candidacy has been opposed by a number of Kurdish, Sunni and even some Shiite leaders, though he himself is Shiite. Sumaidaie said that, for a unity government to be formed, electoral results might not be strictly followed. "I think what we'll have to arrive at is a compromise between the emergency requirements of the country and the electoral results," he said. Raid nets five terror suspectsElsewhere in Iraq, seven suspected terrorists were killed Sunday in two incidents, including five who died south of Baghdad when coalition forces raided a house in Yusifiya, joint military forces said. A woman also died in the Yusifiya incident, the military said in a news release. Two coalition troops, three other women and a child were wounded and taken to a military hospital. One of the terrorists who died was wearing a suicide vest that exploded, and two others killed were unable to detonate their strapped-on bombs. Another militant was killed with a grenade in one hand, the military said. Five suspected terrorists were detained, including a man accused of planning and carrying out attacks using homemade bombs. The military alleged he has ties to al Qaeda foreign fighter operations. The statement said coalition forces returned fire as they approached a house searching for an al Qaeda suspect. Coalition troops found four AK-47s, one pistol and several grenades when they searched the house. In the other Sunday incident, a U.S. helicopter crew killed two men planting homemade bombs in Kirkuk province, the military said. Four U.S. Marines killedFour U.S. Marines were killed in two incidents Saturday in Anbar province, according to a U.S. military news release. All four -- three members of Regimental Combat Team 5 and one Marine assigned to the 2/28 Brigade Combat Team -- were killed in combat. Since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003, 2,376 U.S. troops and military civilians have been killed in the Iraq war. Anbar province is an expansive swath of land west of Baghdad, stretching to the Iraq's borders with Jordan and Syria. Most of the people who live in Anbar are Sunni Arabs. CNN's Aneesh Raman contributed to this report. 
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