The 15 September 2008 Balad Ruz bombing occurred on 15 September 2008 in Balad Ruz, Diyala when a suicide bomber walked into and detonated herself at an Iftar banquet being held in the home of a policeman in celebration of his release from American detention at Camp Bucca.
The attack killed 22 and injured 32.
Some of the wounded were taken to a joint US-Iraqi base nearby for treatment.
12 were killed in two car bombings in central Baghdad.
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