Bomb Kills 4 at Kurd Party Office in Iraq

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An explosion at the offices of a Kurdish political party in the northern town of Kirkuk killed four people on Thursday, and officials said a pro-U.S. politician was assassinated in the southern port city of Basra, the latest in a string of attacks against Iraqis who support American efforts in Iraq.

The PUK is a group that supports American efforts in Iraq. Party chief Jalal Talabani is the current head of the U.S.-installed Iraqi Governing Council.

In Basra, the Assyrian Democratic Movement said its representative on the municipal council was abducted Tuesday on his way to work. The body of Sargoun Nanou Murado was found on Wednesday, a statement said. The Assyrian Democratic Movement, which represents Iraq's Assyrian minority, is represented on the 25-seat Governing Council.

In yet another attack aimed at a U.S. ally, two people were killed late Wednesday when a car bomb exploded outside the home of Sheik Amer Ali Suleiman, a tribal leader in Ramadi, hospital workers said Thursday.

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