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| Iraq militants 'killed by own bomb while filming video' | |
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| At least 21 insurgents have been killed in central Iraq after a car bomb was detonated by accident, reports say. | At least 21 insurgents have been killed in central Iraq after a car bomb was detonated by accident, reports say. |
| They were filming a propaganda video of the would-be suicide attacker when the blast occurred, the head of the local Sunni pro-government militia in Jilam told the AFP news agency. | They were filming a propaganda video of the would-be suicide attacker when the blast occurred, the head of the local Sunni pro-government militia in Jilam told the AFP news agency. |
| Security sources confirmed there had been a blast around 08:00 (05:00 GMT). | |
| Jilam, a farming area south of the predominantly Sunni city of Samarra, has long been an insurgent stronghold. | |
| There has been a surge in sectarian violence across Iraq in the past year, reaching levels not seen since 2007. | |
| The United Nations says at least 618 civilians and 115 members of the security forces were killed in attacks last month. | |
| However, its figures do not include casualties resulting from the continuing fighting in Anbar, where Sunni militants linked to al-Qaeda have taken control of parts of the cities of Falluja and Ramadi. |