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BAGHDAD — An al-Qaeda front organization claimed responsibility Saturday for a suicide bombing that killed more than 20 people, including three Marines.
The Islamic State of Iraq posted the claim on a militant website, saying the bomber blew himself up among a gathering of the “heads of apostasy” — a reference to U.S.- backed Sunni tribal leaders who were attending a meeting Thursday in Karmah, 20 miles west of Baghdad.
The dead included the commander of Marines in the area, Lt. Col. Max A. Galeai of Pago Pago, American Samoa, as well as the mayor of Karmah, several key tribal figures and two interpreters, U.S. and Iraqi officials said. The Associated Press
